Microvascular blood flow is altered after repair of testicular torsion in the rat

Journal of Urology

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1493-1498

  Becker, E J ^a   Prillaman, H M ^a   Turner, T T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

blood flow; microvasculature; rat; testis; vasomotion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW RATE; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TESTIS BLOOD FLOW; TESTIS TORSION;

EID: 0030977254     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)65030-4     Document Type: Article

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