Changes in the testes following vasectomy in the rat

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 296-301

  McDonald, S W ^a   Lockhart, A ^a   Gormal, D ^a   Bennett, N K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epididymal and vasal ligation; Pressure; Seminiferous tubules; Sperm granuloma; Testicular vessels; Tubular atrophy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIGATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TESTIS ATROPHY; TESTIS BLOOD FLOW; VASECTOMY;

ANIMALS; ATROPHY; EPIDIDYMIS; GRANULOMA; LIGATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESSURE; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; VASECTOMY;

EID: 0029775807     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2353(1996)9:5<296::aid-ca2>3.0.co;2-b     Document Type: Article

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