Effects of varicocelectomy on serum testosterone levels among infertile men with varicocele

International Journal of Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 169-172

  Jangkhah, Meysam ^a   Farrahi, Faramarz ^a   Sadighi Gilani, Mohammad Ali ^a,b   Hosseini, Seyed Jalil ^a,c   Dadkhah, Farid ^a   Salmanyazdi, Reza ^a   Chehrazi, Mohammad ^a  

^a ROYAN INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Infertility; Testosterone; Varicocele; Varicocelectomy

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SPERM QUALITY; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS SIZE; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY;

EID: 85046284561     PISSN: 2008076X     EISSN: 20080778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22074/ijfs.2018.5058     Document Type: Article

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