Semen parameters in adolescents with varicocele: Association with testis volume differential and total testis volume

Journal of Urology

Volumn 193, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1843-1847

  Kurtz, Michael P ^a   Zurakowski, David ^a   Rosoklija, Ilina ^a   Bauer, Stuart B ^a   Borer, Joseph G ^a   Johnson, Kathryn L ^a   Migliozzi, Matthew ^a   Diamond, David A ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

infertility; male; organ size; semen; testis; varicocele

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS SIZE; VARICOCELE; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TESTIS;

ADOLESCENT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM MOTILITY; TESTIS; VARICOCELE;

EID: 84927910158     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2014.10.111     Document Type: Article

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