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Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 929285, 15 pages
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Review Article

The Hypoxic Testicle: Physiology and Pathophysiology

Juan G. Reyes,1 Jorge G. Farias,2 Sebastián Henríquez-Olavarrieta,3 Eva Madrid,4 Mario Parraga,4 Andrea B. Zepeda,2 and Ricardo D. Moreno3

1Instituto de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, 2340000 Valparaíso, Chile
2Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Facultad de Ingeniería, Ciencias y Administración, Universidad de La Frontera, 4780000 Temuco, Chile
3Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontifica Universidad Católica de Chile, 8320000 Santiago, Chile
4Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Escuela de Medicina, Universidad de Valparaíso, 2340000 Valparaíso, Chile

Received 5 May 2012; Revised 7 August 2012; Accepted 9 August 2012

Academic Editor: Vincent Pialoux

Copyright © 2012 Juan G. Reyes et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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