Protective effect of vasoactive intestinal peptide on testicular torsion-detorsion injury: Association with heparin-containing mast cells

Urology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 195-200

  Can, Cavit ^b   Töre, Fatma ^b   Tunçel, Neşe ^a   Uysal, Onur ^b   Gürer, Firdevs ^b   Ak, Dilek ^b   Tunçel, Muzaffer ^b  

^a ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; HEPARIN; MALONALDEHYDE; NITRIC OXIDE; PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MAST CELL; MEDIATOR RELEASE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLAROGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RAT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TESTIS; TESTIS INJURY; TESTIS TORSION; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 0742272167     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2003.08.010     Document Type: Article

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