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Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1019-1029

Varicocele Is Associated with Impaired Semen Quality and Reproductive Hormone Levels: A Study of 7035 Healthy Young Men from Six European Countries

Author keywords

Fecundity; Reproductive hormones; Semen quality; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN B; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; INHIBIN;

EID: 84979530466     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: 18737560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2016.06.044     Document Type: Article
Times cited : (176)

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