Cell recruitment to the sperm granuloma which follows vasectomy in the rat

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 302-308

  Caldwell, J C ^a   McGadey, J ^a   Kerr, R ^a   Bennett, N K ^a   McDonald, S W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

B lymphocytes; Immune response; Monocytes; Sperm runuloma; T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CHRONIC GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE; GRANULOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPERMATIC CORD GRANULOMA; SPERMATOZOON; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VASECTOMY;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; GRANULOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SPERMATOZOA; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TIME FACTORS; VASECTOMY;

EID: 0029762043     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2353(1996)9:5<302::aid-ca3>3.0.co;2-e     Document Type: Article

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