Origin and role of DNA damage in varicocele

International Journal of Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 141-146

  Esfahani, Mohammad Hossein Nasr ^a   Tavalaee, Marziyeh ^a  

^a ROYAN INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE   (Iran)

Author keywords

DNA Damage; Repair; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; PROTAMINE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

APOPTOSIS; DNA DAMAGE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; META ANALYSIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REVIEW; SMOKING; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS FUNCTION; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY;

EID: 84871821764     PISSN: 2008076X     EISSN: 20080778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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