Effect of aminoguanidine in sperm DNA fragmentation in varicocelized rats: Role of nitric oxide

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 545-550

  Abbasi, M ^a   Alizadeh, R ^a   Abolhassani, F ^a   Amidi, F ^a   Ragerdi, Kashani I ^a   Fazelipour, S ^b   Hoshino, Y ^c   Sato, E ^c   Dehpour, A R ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

aminoguanidine; rat; sperm chromatin; varicocele

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; AMINOGUANIDINE; NITRIC OXIDE; PLACEBO;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DENATURATION; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DNA STRUCTURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; STAINING; VARICOCELE;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GUANIDINES; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPERMATOZOA; VARICOCELE;

EID: 79956158524     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719110393028     Document Type: Article

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