The Complex Structure of the Smooth Muscle Layer of Spermatic Veins and Its Potential Role in the Development of Varicocele Testis

European Urology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1402-1410

  Tilki, Derya ^a   Kilic, Ergin ^b   Tauber, Robert ^c   Pfeiffer, Dietrich ^d   Stief, Christian G ^a   Tauber, Roland ^d,e   Ergün, Süleyman ^b,f  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d ASKLEPIOS HOSPITAL BARMBEK   (Germany)

^e DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Casting preparation; Pampiniform plexus; Spermatic cord; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVENTITIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE FIBER; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; SPERMATIC VEIN; TUNICA MEDIA; VARICOCELE; VASA VASORUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; SPERMATIC CORD; TESTIS; VARICOCELE; VEINS; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

EID: 33947322054     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2006.11.010     Document Type: Article

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