Nomograms for predicting changes in semen parameters in infertile men after varicocele repair

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 68-74

  Samplaski, Mary K ^a   Yu, Changhong ^b   Kattan, Michael W ^b   Lo, Kirk C ^a,c   Grober, Ethan D ^a   Zini, Armand ^d   Lau, Susan ^a   Jarvi, Keith A ^a,c,e  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fertility; nomogram; semen; sperm; testis; varicocele

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; EJACULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; MALE INFERTILITY; NOMOGRAM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM MORPHOLOGY; SPERM VOLUME; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TOTAL MOTILE COUNT; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY;

FERTILITY; NOMOGRAM; SEMEN; SPERM; TESTIS; VARICOCELE;

ADULT; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NOMOGRAMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MALE; VARICOCELE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903376599     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.03.046     Document Type: Article

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