The effects of human chorionic gonadotropin treatment on the contralateral side in unilateral testicular torsion

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 237-245

  Savaş, Çaǧri ^a   Özgüner, Meltem ^a   Özgüner, Faruk ^a   Delibaş, Namik ^a  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Human Chorionic gonadotropin; Testicular torsion

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FIXATIVE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; SCORING SYSTEM; SCROTUM; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTIS TORSION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPERMATIC CORD TORSION; TESTIS;

EID: 12144288005     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:UROL.0000020288.58686.5b     Document Type: Article

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