Preliminary report on nitric oxide-mediated oxidative damage in adolescent varicocele

Human Reproduction

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 26-29

  Romeo, C ^a   Ientile, R ^a   Impellizzeri, P ^a   Turiaco, N ^a   Teletta, M ^a   Antonuccio, P ^a   Basile, M ^a   Gentile, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Nitric oxide; Nitrotyrosine; Reactive nitrogen species; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

3 NITROTYROSINE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NITRIC OXIDE; PEROXYNITRITE;

ADOLESCENT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM SURGERY; MINOR SURGERY; NITRATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERIPHERAL VEIN; SCHOOL CHILD; SPERM; SPERMATIC VEIN; TESTIS FUNCTION; VARICOCELE; VEIN DILATATION; VEIN LIGATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0037248146     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deg004     Document Type: Article

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