The Journal of Urology
Volume 178, Issue 4, Supplement , Pages 1584-1588 , October 2007

Relationship of Varicocele Grade and Testicular Hypotrophy to Semen Parameters in Adolescents

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 Study received Children’s Hospital institutional review board approval.

PII: S0022-5347(07)00867-1

doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2007.03.169

The Journal of Urology
Volume 178, Issue 4, Supplement , Pages 1584-1588 , October 2007

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