The hemodynamic approach to evaluating adolescent varicocele.

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Published in Nat Rev Urol on March 27, 2012

Authors

Marcello Cimador1, Marco Castagnetti, Ignazio Gattuccio, Marco Pensabene, Maria Sergio, Enrico De Grazia

Author Affiliations

1: Section of Pediatric Urology, Pediatric Surgery Unit, Department for Mother & Child Care and Urology, University of Palermo, Via Alfonso Giordano 3, 90100 Palermo, Italy. marcello.cimador@ unipa.it

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