Varicocele and retrograde adrenal metabolites flow: An experimental study on rats

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 337-342

  Camoglio, Francesco Saverio ^a   Zampieri, Nicola ^a   Corroppolo, Michele ^a   Chironi, Christian ^a   Dipaola, Giuseppe ^a   Giacomello, Luca ^a   Ottolenghi, Alberto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche e Gastroenterologiche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adrenal metabolites; Experimental varicocele; Male sterility; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXOCRINE GLAND; KIDNEY VEIN; MALE; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TESTIS BIOPSY; TESTIS SIZE; VARICOCELE; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; VARICOCELE;

EID: 10844285307     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000081595     Document Type: Article

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