Urology
Volume 74, Issue 3 , Pages 545-551 , September 2009

Antioxidative Effect of Royal Jelly in Cisplatin-induced Testes Damage

  • Sibel Silici

      Affiliations

    • Department of Animal Science, S Cikrikcioglu Vocational College, University of Erciyes, Kayseri, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Sibel Silici, Ph.D., S Cikrikcioglu Vocational College, Erciyes University, 38039, Kayseri, TR
    • ,
  • Oguz Ekmekcioglu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, University of Erciyes, Kayseri, Turkey
    • ,
  • Gokhan Eraslan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Erciyes, Kayseri, Turkey
    • ,
  • Abdullah Demirtas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, University of Erciyes, Kayseri, Turkey

Received 13 January 2009 ,Accepted 13 May 2009.

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 Funded by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK Project No: 106O203).

PII: S0090-4295(09)00648-7

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.05.024

Urology
Volume 74, Issue 3 , Pages 545-551 , September 2009

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