Laboratory Animal and Comparative Medicine ›› 2013, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (4): 324-328.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1674-5817.2013.04.016

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Establishment and Assesment of Varicocele Model in Rat

CAO Huan1,2, ZHOU Tie1, HOU Jian-guo1   

  1. 1. Department of Urology, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China;
    2. 96623 Troops, The People's Liberation Army, Shangrao 334000, China
  • Received:2013-03-12 Online:2013-08-25 Published:2013-08-25

Abstract: Varicocele is one of the most significant causes of infertility in male, Recently, varicocele has been given more and more attention and relative studies have gradually gone in depth. Successfully establishing animal model is crucial and critical to varicocele research. It has been 30 years in rat varicocele model development and the method is still improving. This review introduces relative progress on animal model development of varicocele.

Key words: Varicocele (VC), Model, Rat

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