title: Reply to Eugenio Ventimiglia, Francesco Montorsi, and Andrea Salonia's Letter to the Editor re: Jakob Damsgaard, Ulla N. Joensen, Elisabeth Carlsen, et al. Varicocele Is Associated with Impaired Semen Quality and Reproductive Hormone Levels: A Study of 7035 Healthy Young Men from Six European Countries. Eur Urol 2016;70:1019-29.
authors.affiliation: University Department of Growth and Reproduction, Rigshospitalet, and International Research and Research Training Centre in Endocrine Disruption of Male Reproduction and Child Health (EDMaRC), Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: Jakob
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Damsgaard
authors.affiliation: University Department of Growth and Reproduction, Rigshospitalet, and International Research and Research Training Centre in Endocrine Disruption of Male Reproduction and Child Health (EDMaRC), Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: Ulla N
authors.initials: UN
authors.lastname: Joensen
authors.affiliation: Department of Fertility, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: Elisabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Carlsen
authors.affiliation: Biomedicine Study and Research Center, Riga, Latvia.
authors.forename: Juris
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Erenpreiss
authors.affiliation: University Department of Growth and Reproduction, Rigshospitalet, and International Research and Research Training Centre in Endocrine Disruption of Male Reproduction and Child Health (EDMaRC), Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Oral Medicine, Infection and Immunity, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Martin Blomberg
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.affiliation: Institute of Endocrinology, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania.
authors.forename: Valentinas
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Matulevicius
authors.affiliation: Institute of Endocrinology, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania.
authors.forename: Birute
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zilaitiene
authors.affiliation: University Department of Growth and Reproduction, Rigshospitalet, and International Research and Research Training Centre in Endocrine Disruption of Male Reproduction and Child Health (EDMaRC), Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: Inge A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Olesen
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biomedicine, Department of Physiology, University of Turku, and Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland.
authors.forename: Antti
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Perheentupa
authors.affiliation: Andrology Unit, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia.
authors.forename: Margus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Punab
authors.affiliation: Department of Andrology, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Salzbrunn
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biomedicine, Department of Physiology, University of Turku, and Department of Paediatrics, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland.
authors.forename: Jorma
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Toppari
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biomedicine, Department of Physiology, University of Turku.
authors.forename: Helena E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Virtanen
authors.affiliation: University Department of Growth and Reproduction, Rigshospitalet, and International Research and Research Training Centre in Endocrine Disruption of Male Reproduction and Child Health (EDMaRC), Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: Anders
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Juul
authors.affiliation: University Department of Growth and Reproduction, Rigshospitalet, and International Research and Research Training Centre in Endocrine Disruption of Male Reproduction and Child Health (EDMaRC), Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: Niels E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Skakkebæk
authors.affiliation: University Department of Growth and Reproduction, Rigshospitalet, and International Research and Research Training Centre in Endocrine Disruption of Male Reproduction and Child Health (EDMaRC), Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark. Electronic address: niels.joergensen@regionh.dk.
authors.forename: Niels
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jørgensen
mesh_terms: D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009392:Nephrectomy; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D055101:Semen Analysis; D014646:Varicocele