Epidemiology of varicocele

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 179-181

  Alsaikhan, Bader ^a   Alrabeeah, Khalid ^b   Delouya, Guila ^c   Zini, Armand ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

epidemiology; infertility; varicocele

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VARICOCELE; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; COMPLICATION; INFERTILITY, MALE;

HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; VARICOCELE;

EID: 84957873951     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1008-682X.172640     Document Type: Review

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