Degenerated tubules in the guinea pig testis after long-term vasectomy or sham operation

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 6-10

  Aitken, H ^a   Kumarakuru, S ^a   Reid, O ^a   Milne, E W ^a   Bennett, N K ^a   McDonald, S W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autoimmune orchitis; Basement membrane; Macrophages; Seminiferous tubules; Sertoli cells; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATION; FOLLOW UP; GUINEA PIG; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS; TESTIS INJURY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VASECTOMY;

ANIMALS; ATROPHY; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUINEA PIGS; MACROPHAGES; MALE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; TESTICULAR DISEASES; VASECTOMY;

EID: 0033965328     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2353(2000)13:1<6::AID-CA2>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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