Human testicular arterial supply: gross anatomy, corrosion cast, and radiologic study

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2226-2230

  Mostafa, Taymour ^a   Labib, Ibrahim ^a   El Khayat, Yasser ^a   El Rahman El Shahat, Abd ^a   Gadallah, Amr ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

anatomy; corrosion cast; cremasteric artery; testicular artery; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTERIAL CIRCULATION; ARTICLE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; TESTIS; VAS DEFERENS;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIES; CADAVER; CORROSION CASTING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERMATIC CORD; TESTIS; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 56649109810     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.10.013     Document Type: Article

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