Morphological changes in varicocele veins: Ultrastructural study

Ultrastructural Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 260-268

  Musalam, Adel Osman ^a   Eid, Refaat A ^a   Al Assiri, Manae ^a   Hussein, Mahmoud Rezk Abdelwahed ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Spermatic vein; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTIMA; MALE; PATHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TUNICA MEDIA; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VARICOCELE; VEIN;

HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; VARICOCELE; VEINS;

EID: 77957805846     PISSN: 01913123     EISSN: 15210758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01913121003793067     Document Type: Article

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