An update on the role of medical treatment including antioxidant therapy in varicocele

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 222-228

  Garg, Harshit ^a   Kumar, Rajeev ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

antioxidant therapy; drug therapy; male infertility; varicocele

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; BIRTH RATE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MALE INFERTILITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE; COMPLICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE;

ANTIOXIDANTS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE;

EID: 84957876852     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1008-682X.171657     Document Type: Review

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