Urinary creatine as a potential marker of testicular damage: Effect of vasectomy

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 79-85

  Draper, Ruth P ^a,b   Timbrell, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2 methoxyethanol; Biomarkers; Cadmium; Creatine; Testicular toxicity; Urinary creatine

Indexed keywords

2 METHOXYETHANOL; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CARCINOGEN; CREATINE; CREATININE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYBUTYRATE DEHYDROGENASE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; ISOENZYME; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEINURIA; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TESTIS; URINE; VAS DEFERENS; VASECTOMY;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CARCINOGENS; CREATINE; CREATININE; ETHYLENE GLYCOLS; HYDROXYBUTYRATE DEHYDROGENASE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; ISOENZYMES; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALE; PROTEINURIA; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; VAS DEFERENS; VASECTOMY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030019541     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0890-6238(95)02021-7     Document Type: Article

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