Barriers to use of semen analysis in the adolescent with a varicocele: Survey of patient, parental, and practitioner attitudes

Journal of Pediatric Urology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 41.e1-41.e6

  Fine, Ronnie G ^a   Gitlin, Jordan ^a   Reda, Edward F ^a   Palmer, Lane S ^a  

^a DONALD AND BARBARA ZUCKER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT HOFSTRA NORTHWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Fertility; Pediatric; Semen analysis; Survey; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PARENT; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; UROLOGIST; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPLICATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FERTILITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFERTILITY, MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PARENTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VARICOCELE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84959485701     PISSN: 14775131     EISSN: 18734898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2015.06.015     Document Type: Article

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