Kinetic studies on the development of the adult population of leydig cells in testes of the pubertal rat

Endocrinology

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 1989, Pages 762-770

  Hardy, Matthew P ^a   Zirkin, Barry R ^a   Ewing, Larry L ^a  

^a Reproductive Biology Division   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANIMAL CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; HISTOLOGY; LEYDIG CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RAT; TESTIS;

ANIMAL; DNA; KINETICS; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MITOTIC INDEX; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX MATURATION; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TESTIS; THYMIDINE;

EID: 0024498263     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo-124-2-762     Document Type: Article

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