Prepubertal unilateral spermatic vessel ligation decreases haploid cell population of ipsilateral testis postpubertally in rats

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 360-363

  Srinivas, M ^a,b   Kilmartin, Barry ^a,b   Das, S N ^a   Puri, Prem ^a,b  

^a OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

DNA flow cytometry; Orchidopexy; Spermatic vessel ligation; Undescended testis

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOIDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HAPLOIDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPERMATIC VEIN; TESTIS; TETRAPLOIDY; VEIN LIGATION;

ANIMALS; CRYPTORCHIDISM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HAPLOIDY; LIGATION; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; PUBERTY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPERMATIC CORD; TESTIS;

EID: 18744407295     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-005-1431-8     Document Type: Article

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