The vasectomized testis

International Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 167-174

  Whyte, J ^a   Sarrat, R ^a   Cisneros, A I ^a   Whyte, A ^b   Mazo, R ^b   Torres, A ^a   Lazaro J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Morphometry; Structure; Testicle; Vasectomy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; IMMUNOLOGY; LIGATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VAS DEFERENS; VASECTOMY; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ATROPHY; LIGATION; MALE; PRESSURE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGONIA; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS; VAS DEFERENS; VASECTOMY;

EID: 0034172790     PISSN: 00208868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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