Experimental unilateral undescended testis: Gubernaculectomy and anchoring or direct suture fixation?

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 461-464

  Srinivas, M ^a   Agarwala, S ^a   Gupta, S Datta ^a   Das, S N ^a   Shaha, C ^b   Mitra, D K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Anti sperm antibody; DNA flowcytometry; Rat; Testicular injury; Unilateral undescended testis

Indexed keywords

DNA; SPERM ANTIBODY;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GUBERNACULECTOMY; HAPLOIDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM SURGERY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; TESTIS WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CRYPTORCHIDISM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FERTILITY; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TESTIS;

EID: 0032821451     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003830050638     Document Type: Article

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