Testosterone and Varicocele

Urologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 223-232

  Hayden, Russell P ^a   Tanrikut, Cigdem ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Erectile dysfunction; Hypogonadism; Leydig cell; Steroidogenesis; Testosterone; Varicocele; Varicocelectomy

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

GERM CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS BIOPSY; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY; ABNORMALITIES; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; DISORDER OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; HYPOGONADISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TESTIS;

46, XY DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; MALE; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; VARICOCELE;

EID: 84961262381     PISSN: 00940143     EISSN: 1558318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ucl.2016.01.009     Document Type: Review

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