Assessment of increased desquamation of epididymal epithelial cells in semen of men as a predictor of acute epididymitis

Urology Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 320-322

  Andrade Rocha, Fernando Tadeu ^a  

^a Dom Bosco Laboratory   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epididymis; Epididymitis; Epithelial cells; Semen; Semen analysis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYTOLOGY; EPIDIDYMIS; EPIDIDYMITIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SPERM;

ACUTE DISEASE; EPIDIDYMIS; EPIDIDYMITIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856548368     PISSN: 17351308     EISSN: 1735546X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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