Pathophysiology of varicocele and therapeutic approach

Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 12 Số 1 - Trang 100-104 - 2002
L. Wagner1
1Service d'Urologie-Andrologie, CHU De Nîmes, Hôpital Gaston Doumergue, Nimes Cédex 4

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