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INCREASED APOPTOSIS IN THE CONTRALATERAL TESTES OF PATIENTS WITH TESTICULAR TORSION AS A FACTOR FOR INFERTILITY
1 Sept 1998
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PURPOSE: Unilateral testicular torsion is common and leads to bilateral testicular injury. Spermiography is abnormal in 70% of patients after testicular torsion. Histological changes in the contralateral testis at the time of torsion have been previously interpreted as the consequence of a predisposing testicular pathology or a noxious effect of the twisted testis. We hypothesized that increased apoptosis in the...
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