THE EFFECT OF UNILATERAL INJURY TO THE VAS-DEFERENS ON THE CONTRALATERAL TESTIS IN IMMATURE AND ADULT-RATS

Authors
CHEHVAL MJ MARTIN SA ALEXANDER NJ WINKELMANN T
Citation
Mj. Chehval et al., THE EFFECT OF UNILATERAL INJURY TO THE VAS-DEFERENS ON THE CONTRALATERAL TESTIS IN IMMATURE AND ADULT-RATS, The Journal of urology, 153(4), 1995, pp. 1313-1315
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Urology & Nephrology
Journal title
The Journal of urology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00225347
Volume
153
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1313 - 1315
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-5347(1995)153:4<1313:TEOUIT>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
The relationship between alterations in testicular histology and antis perm antibodies in immature and mature Lewis rats subjected to unilate ral vasectomy was studied. Forty percent of immature rats and 90% of m ature rats (p < 0.01) demonstrated significant alterations in both the obstructed (vasectomy) testis and the contralateral testis. There wer e significant changes in antisperm antibodies (ELISA) in the animals w hich demonstrated histologic changes.