Effects of torsion, detorsion and melatonin on testicular malondialdehyde level

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 312-315

  Duru, F I O ^a   Noronha, C C ^a   Akinwande, A I ^a   Okanlawon, A O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Ischaemia; Malondialdehyde; Melatonin; Reperfusion; Testes

Indexed keywords

MALONALDEHYDE; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; ISCHEMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TESTIS TORSION; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MELATONIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPERMATIC CORD TORSION;

EID: 44949097593     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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