Blood perfusion of the contralateral testis evaluated with contrast-enhanced ultrasound in rabbits with unilateral testicular torsion

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 253-260

  Chen, Lin ^a   Zhan, Wei Wei ^a   Shen, Zhou Jun ^a   Rui, Wen Bin ^a   Lv, Chen ^a   Chen, Man ^a   Zhou, Jian Qiao ^a   Zhou, Ping ^a   Zhou, Mi ^a   Zhu, Ying ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SONOVUE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SHAM PROCEDURE; TESTIS; TESTIS BLOOD FLOW; TESTIS TORSION; ANIMAL; BLOOD FLOW; DISEASE MODEL; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; RABBITS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SPERMATIC CORD TORSION; TESTIS;

EID: 69249214278     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2008.13     Document Type: Article

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