Testicular effects of vasectomy in rats: An ultrastructural and immunohistochemical study

Urology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1051-1056

  Aydos, Kaan ^a   Soygür, Tarkan ^b   Küpeli, Bora ^b   Ünsal, Ali ^b   Tolunay, Özden ^b   Erdem, Esra ^b   Güven, Cengiz ^b   Küpeli, Sadettin ^b  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; SPERM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEPOSITION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPERMATOGENESIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASECTOMY;

EID: 0032100441     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(98)00100-9     Document Type: Article

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