Testicular nitric oxide and thiobarbituric acid reactive substances levels in obstructive azoospermia: A possible role in pathophysiology of infertility

Mediators of Inflammation

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Başar, M Murad ^a   Kisa, Üçler ^a   Tuǧlu, Devrim ^a   Yilmaz, Erdal ^a   Başar, Halil ^a   Çaǧlayan, Osman ^a   Batislam, Ertan ^a  

^a KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EPIDIDYMIS; HISTOLOGY; INFERTILITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REPRODUCTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; TESTIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VASECTOMY; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE INFERTILITY; METABOLISM; OLIGOSPERMIA; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; INFERTILITY, MALE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; OLIGOSPERMIA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TESTIS; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

EID: 33645544365     PISSN: 09629351     EISSN: 14661861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/MI/2006/27458     Document Type: Article

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