Detrimental effect of left varicocele on the reproductive capacity of the early haploid male gamete

Journal of Urology

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 267-270

  Sofikitis, Nikolaos V ^a   Miyagawa, Ikuo ^a   Incze, Peter ^a   Andrighetti, Santina ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

fertility; rabbits; spermatids; spermatozoa; varicocele

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAPLOIDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATID; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS INJURY; VARICOCELE;

EID: 0030006531     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)66014-2     Document Type: Article

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