Iron-induced injury of rat testis

Andrologia

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 267-273

  Merker, H J ^a   Vormann, J ^a   Gunther T ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Iron; Lipid peroxidation; Rat; Spermatid; Testis

Indexed keywords

FERROUS SULFATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TESTIS; TESTIS INJURY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0029760293     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.1996.tb02795.x     Document Type: Article

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