Induction of micronuclei and initiation of enzyme-altered foci in the liver of female rats treated with cyproterone acetate, chlormadinone acetate or megestrol acetate

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 551-554

  Martelli, Antonietta ^a   Campart, Giulia Brambilla ^a   Ghia, Marco ^a   Allavena, Alessandra ^a   Mereto, Eugenio ^a   Brambilia, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORMADINONE ACETATE; CYPROTERONE ACETATE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; MEGESTROL ACETATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL; MICRONUCLEUS; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; NONHUMAN; PARTIAL HEPATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

2-ACETYLAMINOFLUORENE; ANIMALS; CARCINOGENS; CHLORMADINONE ACETATE; CYPROTERONE ACETATE; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LIVER; MEGESTROL; MEGESTROL ACETATE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MUTAGENS; PROGESTERONE CONGENERS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0029866687     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/17.3.551     Document Type: Article

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