Varicocele: A Review

Seminars in Interventional Radiology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 170-176

  Baigorri, Brian F ^a   Dixon, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

embolization; infertility; interventional radiology; orchalgia; varicocele

Indexed keywords

SCLEROSING AGENT;

ANATOMY; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLIZATION; COMPLICATION; EVALUATION STUDY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TESTIS DISEASE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE;

EID: 84985004058     PISSN: 07399529     EISSN: 10988963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1586147     Document Type: Review

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