The effect of varicocele repair on experimental varicocele-induced testicular germ cell apoptosis

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-34

  Fazlioglu, Adem ^a   Yilmaz, Inanc ^a   Mete, Özgür ^b   Kurtulus, Fatih ^a   Parlakkilic, Oguzhan ^a   Güctas, Özgür ^a   Cek, Mete ^a,c  

^a Taksim Teaching Hospital   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Taksim Teaching Hospital

Author keywords

Infertility; TUNEL

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; HEMATOXYLIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL TUMOR; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VARICOCELE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; GERM CELLS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TESTIS; VARICOCELE;

EID: 38049146317     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.107.002717     Document Type: Article

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