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The relationship between varicocele and infertility in men is still under debate, but numerous reports seem to demonstrate the pathogenic role of venous abnormalities in the impairment of spermatogenesis [10]. Thus the diagnosis of a varicocele is an important stage in the assessment of male infertility. Others suggest that there is no relationship between the importance of the venous abnormality and the degree of impairment of spermatogenesis, which makes the identification of subclinical varicoceles a key problem.
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Leclere, J., Thouvenot, P., Mizrahi, R., Genton, P., Robert, J., Regent, D. (1984). Detection of Varicocele by Isotopic Angiography. In: Glezerman, M., Jecht, E.W. (eds) Varicocele and Male Infertility II. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69435-6_11
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