Polydeoxyribonucleotide administration improves the intra-testicular vascularization in rat experimental varicocele

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 165-168

  Arena, Salvatore ^a   Minutoli, Letteria ^b   Arena, Francesco ^a   Nicotina, Piero Antonio ^a   Romeo, Carmelo ^a   Squadrito, Francesco ^b   Altavilla, Domenica ^b   Morgia, Giuseppe ^c   Magno, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

CD34; microvessel density; neoangiogenesis; polydeoxyribonucleotide; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

3,7 DIMETHYLPROPARGILXANTHINE; ADENOSINE A2A RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CD34 ANTIBODY; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY VEIN; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATIC VEIN; VARICOCELE; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TESTIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE;

EID: 84155168061     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.10.007     Document Type: Article

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