The effect of prophylactic melatonin administration on reperfusion damage in experimental testis ischemia-reperfusion

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 170-172

  Ozturk, Ahmet ^a   Baltaci, Abdulkerim Kasim ^a   Mogulkoc, Rasim ^a   Ozturk, Bahadir ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ischemia reperfusion; Malondialdehyde; Testis torsion

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL; MALONALDEHYDE; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; ISCHEMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTIS INJURY; TESTIS TORSION; TISSUE LEVEL;

EID: 0042286483     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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