Varicocele and testicular function

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 659-667

  Pastuszak, Alexander W ^a   Wang, Run ^b,c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

hypogonadism; Leydig cell; male fertility; oxidative stress; Sertoli cell; ultramorphology; varicocele

Indexed keywords

DNA; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ADOLESCENT; CELL FUNCTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA DAMAGE; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; PATHOGENESIS; SERTOLI CELL; SPERM; TESTIS FUNCTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VARICOCELE; ADULT; COMPLICATION; FERTILITY; INFERTILITY, MALE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; VARICOCELE;

EID: 84973502970     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1008-682X.153539     Document Type: Conference Paper

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