Children and adults varicocele: Diagnostic issues and therapeutical strategies

Journal of Ultrasound

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 185-193

  Valentino, Massimo ^a   Bertolotto, Michele ^b   Derchi, Lorenzo ^c   Pavlica, Pietro ^d  

^a S Antonio Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d Villalba Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Color Doppler; Testis; Ultrasonography; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CIRCULATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; MALE INFERTILITY; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL DISEASE BY BODY FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; TESTIS ATROPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY; VENOUS REFLUX; VENOUS STASIS;

EID: 84906700928     PISSN: 19713495     EISSN: 18767931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40477-014-0088-3     Document Type: Review

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