Effect of vitamin E administration on histopathological changes in rat testes following torsion and detorsion

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 742-746

  Ranade, A V ^a   Tripathi, Y ^b   Rajalakshmi, R ^c   Vinodini, N A ^d   Soubhagya, R N ^e   Nayanatara, A K ^d   Rekha, D K ^d   Kumari, M ^f  

^a GULF MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b Santhosh Medical College   (India)

^c KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^d Department of Physiology ^*

^e CALCUTTA NATIONAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^f INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Ischaemia; Reperfusion; Testicular torsion; Testis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; TESTIS TORSION; WISTAR ALBINO GLAXO RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REFERENCE VALUES; REPERFUSION INJURY; SPERMATIC CORD TORSION; TESTIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN E;

EID: 80054748679     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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