The effects of chemical sympathectomy on contralateral testicular histology, fertility and fecundity in unilateral abdominal testes

British Journal of Urology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 580-584

  Karnak, I ^a  

^a Cardiovasc Surg Dept at T   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Abdominal testis; Chemical Sympathectomy; Cryptorchidism; Undescended testis

Indexed keywords

OXIDOPAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL SYMPATHECTOMY; CRYPTORCHISM; FERTILITY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TESTIS DESCENT;

EID: 0029965914     PISSN: 00071331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.1996.93918.x     Document Type: Article

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