Effects on the ipsilateral testis during progression of experimental varicocele in rat

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Zheng, Yiqun ^a   Zhang, Xiaobin ^a   Zhou, Jiangqiao ^a   Cheng, Fan ^a   Zhou, Benzheng ^a  

^a RENMIN HOSPITAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Rat; Testosterone; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GERM CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; TESTIS; VARICOCELE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; VARICOCELE;

EID: 46449137653     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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