Restricting sports activity in reducing the rate of varicocele and related infertility parameters in athletes

Archives of Medical Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 169-173

  Radojevic, Nemanja ^a   Radunovic, Miroslav ^a   Pajovic, Bogdan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTENEGRO   (Montenegro)

Author keywords

Basketball; Football; Handball; Infertility; Orchidometry; Seminal fluid analysis; Sport; Varicocele; Volleyball; Water polo

Indexed keywords

ABSTINENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BASKETBALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; MALE INFERTILITY; PROGNOSIS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPORT; TESTIS SIZE; VARICOCELE; VOLLEYBALL;

EID: 84924968444     PISSN: 17341922     EISSN: 18969151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5114/aoms.2015.48146     Document Type: Article

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