The effects of experimental left varicocele on the epididymis

Systems Biology in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 4-5, 2008, Pages 177-184

  Ozturk, Ugur ^a   Kefeli, Mehmet ^a   Asci, Ramazan ^a   Akpolat, Ilkser ^a   Buyukalpelli, Recep ^a   Sarikaya, Saban ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Epididymis; Experimental varicocele; Histopathology; Rats

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; KIDNEY VEIN; MALE INFERTILITY; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VARICOCELE; VEIN OCCLUSION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPIDIDYMIS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TESTIS; VARICOCELE;

EID: 54549105748     PISSN: 19396368     EISSN: 19396368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19396360802415752     Document Type: Article

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