Prevalence and awareness of varicocele among athletes in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Research and Reports in Urology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2019, Pages 21-27

  Hariri, Albara ^a   Abbarh, Shahem ^a   Ameen, Aref ^a   Sabra, Ahmad ^a   Salman, Ahmad ^a   Alhulaimi, Yaser ^a   Aabed, Mahmoud ^a   Habous, Mohamad ^b   Madbouly, Khaled ^c   Binsaleh, Saleh ^d  

^a ALMAAREFA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Urology and Andrology Department   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Prince Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz Hospital ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Athletes; Awareness; Knowledge; Testis; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BACKACHE; BLOOD FLOW; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FITNESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCROTAL PAIN; TESTIS TORSION; VARICOCELE;

EID: 85062321913     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22532447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/RRU.S195582     Document Type: Article

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