Testicular maldescent and maldevelopment in fetal rats prenatally exposed to nitrofen

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 261-265

  Qi, B ^a   Diez Pardo, J A ^a   Nistal, M ^a   Tovar, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Germ cell; Maldescent; Nitrofen; Sertoli cell; Testicle

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; HERBICIDE; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; NITROFEN; THYROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; GERM CELL; GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS DESCENT; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS SIZE;

EID: 0029926635     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00178433     Document Type: Article

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