Protective effects of N-acetylcysteine on experimentally undescended testis

Journal of Urology

Volumn 191, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1168-1173

  Uyeturk, Ugur ^a   Cetinkaya, Ayhan ^b   Ozyalvacli, Gulzade ^b   Kin Tekce, Buket ^b   Ozyalvacli, Mehmet Emin ^b   Kemahli, Eray ^a   Gucuk, Adnan ^a  

^a ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Abant Izzet Baysal   (Turkey)

Author keywords

abnormalities; acetylcysteine; antioxidants; cryptorchidism; testis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; FLUTAMIDE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MALONALDEHYDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; DRUG EFFICACY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MODIFIED JOHNSEN SCORE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; TESTIS INJURY;

ABNORMALITIES; ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANTIOXIDANTS; CRYPTORCHIDISM; TESTIS;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANIMALS; CRYPTORCHIDISM; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84898463774     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2013.08.053     Document Type: Article

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