Comparison of the effects of varicocelectomy and oral l-carnitine on sperm parameters in infertile men with varicocele

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2016, Pages PC07-PC10

  Sofimajidpour, Heshmatollah ^a   Ghaderi, Ebrahim ^a   Ganji, Omid ^a  

^a KURDISTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Infertility; Medical therapy; Surgical therapy

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; MALE INFERTILITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPERM MORPHOLOGY; SPERM VOLUME; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMIOGRAM; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84963818716     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2016/18464.7557     Document Type: Article

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