Expression of NOS isoforms in internal spermatic veins of infertile men with varicocele

Systems Biology in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 268-273

  Erkan, Erkan ^a   Toktas, Gokhan ^a   Unluer, Erdinc ^a   Ozyalvacli, Mehmet E ^a   Ozyalvacli, Gulzade ^a   Huq, Gulben Erdem ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Infertility; Nitric oxide synthase; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALORIMETRY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPERMATIC VEIN; TISSUE MICROARRAY; VARICOCELE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLORIMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFERTILITY, MALE; ISOENZYMES; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; NITRITES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATIC CORD; SPERMATOZOA; TISSUE ARRAY ANALYSIS; UP-REGULATION; VARICOCELE; VEINS;

EID: 84866356535     PISSN: 19396368     EISSN: 19396368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/19396368.2012.678032     Document Type: Article

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