Effect of post-natal castration on sepsis mortality in rats

Acta Cirurgica Brasileira

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 22-29

  Bernhardt, Joel Antonio ^a   D'Acampora, Armando José ^b,d   Tramonte, Ricardo ^b   Serafim, João Daniel May ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO ITAJAÍ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL SÃO JOSÉ   (Brazil)

^d Casa 9 ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Sepsis; Sex characteristics; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; COLON PERFORATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIGATION; LOG RANK TEST; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; RAT; SEPSIS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LIGATION; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PERITONITIS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEPSIS; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33847070024     PISSN: 01028650     EISSN: 16782674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-86502007000100004     Document Type: Article

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