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Reassessing the value of varicocelectomy as a treatment for male subfertility with a new meta-analysis
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- Authors
- Marmar, J. L., Agarwal, A., Prabakaran, S., Agarwal, R., Short, R. A., Benoff, S., & Thomas, A. J.
- Venue
- Fertility and Sterility
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2007-09
- Volume
- 88
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 639-648
- ISSN
- 0015-0282 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2162822486
- Cited by
- 294
- References
- 44
- FWCI
- 20.45
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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