Early effects of vasectomy on testicular structure and on germ cell and macrophage apoptosis in the hamster

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 166-173

  Lue, Yanhe ^a   Sinha Hikim, Amiya P ^a   Wang, Christina ^a   Bonavera, Juan J ^a   Baravarian, Sima ^a   Leung, Andrew ^a   Swerdloff, Ronald S ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

germ cell apoptosis; macrophage apoptosis; Male contraception; testis; testosterone; vasectomy

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; ETIOLOGY; GERM CELL; LEYDIG CELL; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SYRIAN HAMSTER; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VASECTOMY;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CRICETINAE; DNA; LEYDIG CELLS; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; REFERENCE VALUES; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS; VASECTOMY;

EID: 1842288052     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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