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Preoperative duplex ultrasound parameters predicting male fertility after successful varicocelectomy

Fahad M. Alshehri, Mahboob H. Akbar, Adel K. Altwairgi and Omar J. AlThaqufi
Saudi Medical Journal December 2015, 36 (12) 1439-1445; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.12.12755
Fahad M. Alshehri
From the Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging (Alshehri, Akbar), Qassim University Medical College, the Department of Surgery (Altwairgi), and the Department of Radiology (AlThaqufi), Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Hospital, AlQassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mahboob H. Akbar
From the Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging (Alshehri, Akbar), Qassim University Medical College, the Department of Surgery (Altwairgi), and the Department of Radiology (AlThaqufi), Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Hospital, AlQassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Adel K. Altwairgi
From the Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging (Alshehri, Akbar), Qassim University Medical College, the Department of Surgery (Altwairgi), and the Department of Radiology (AlThaqufi), Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Hospital, AlQassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Omar J. AlThaqufi
From the Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging (Alshehri, Akbar), Qassim University Medical College, the Department of Surgery (Altwairgi), and the Department of Radiology (AlThaqufi), Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Hospital, AlQassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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