Journal of Pediatric Urology
Volume 5, Issue 1 , Pages 37-41 , February 2009

Adolescent varicocelectomy: Postoperative catch-up growth is not secondary to lymphatic ligation

Received 26 October 2007 ,Accepted 4 August 2008.

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☆ Presented at the annual meeting of American Urological Association, Anaheim, California, May 2007.

PII: S1477-5131(08)00356-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2008.08.002

Journal of Pediatric Urology
Volume 5, Issue 1 , Pages 37-41 , February 2009

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