Protective effects of sildenafil administration on testicular torsion/ detorsion damage in rats

World Journal of Urology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 197-202

  Beheshtian, Azadeh ^a,b   Salmasi, Amirali Hassanzadeh ^a,c   Payabvash, Seyedmehdi ^a   Kiumehr, Saman ^a   Ghazinezami, Behtash ^a   Rahimpour, Sina ^a   Tavangar, Seyed Mohammad ^d   Dehpour, Ahmad Reza ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UCSF Multiple Sclerosis Center   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzyme; Apoptosis; Ischemia; Sildenafil; Testicular torsion

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; MALONALDEHYDE; PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE; PURINE DERIVATIVE; SILDENAFIL; SULFONE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; SPERMATOZOON; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TESTIS; TESTIS TORSION; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CATALASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PIPERAZINES; PURINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REPERFUSION INJURY; SPERMATIC CORD TORSION; SPERMATOZOA; SULFONES; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TESTIS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 42349097703     PISSN: 07244983     EISSN: 14338726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00345-008-0243-6     Document Type: Article

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