Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 3 , Pages 826-830 , March 2009

Differences in the clinical characteristics of primarily and secondarily infertile men with varicocele

  • Thomas J. Walsh, M.D., MS.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Thomas J. Walsh, M.D., M.S., Department of Urology, University of California San Francisco, 1600 Divisadero Street, Box 1695, San Francisco, CA 94143-1695 (FAX 415-885-7443).
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  • Alex K. Wu, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, California
    • ,
  • Mary S. Croughan, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, California
    • ,
  • Paul J. Turek, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, California
    • Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, California

Received 11 September 2007 ,Revised 24 December 2007 ,Accepted 24 December 2007.

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 T.J.W. has nothing to disclose. A.K.W. has nothing to disclose. M.S.C. has nothing to disclose. P.J.T. has nothing to disclose.

 Dr. Walsh is a Men's Reproductive Health Research K12 Scholar supported by National Institute of Child Health and Human Development K12 grant HD053943012 (TW), San Francisco, California.

PII: S0015-0282(07)04380-4

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.12.071

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 3 , Pages 826-830 , March 2009

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