Increased expression of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α and metallothionein in varicocele and varicose veins

Phlebology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 409-415

  Lee, J D ^a   Lai, C H ^b   Yan, W K ^a   Lee, T H ^c  

^a TAICHUNG ARMED FORCES GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CENTRAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

HIF 1 ; MT; Varicocele; Varicose vein

Indexed keywords

HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; METALLOTHIONEIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPERMATIC VEIN; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY; VARICOSIS;

ADULT; ANOXIA; APOPTOSIS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1, ALPHA SUBUNIT; MALE; METALLOTHIONEIN; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; VARICOCELE; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 84873846737     PISSN: 02683555     EISSN: 14333031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/phleb.2011.011051     Document Type: Article

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