Ultrastructural study of the coagulating gland of Wistar rats submitted to experimental chronic alcohol ingestion

Prostate

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 341-346

  Cagnon, V H A ^a   Garcia, P J ^b   Martinez, F E ^b   Martinez, M ^b   Padovani, C R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

accessory sexual glands; alcohol; coagulating gland; ultrastructural

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY SEX GLAND; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RAT;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM, ROUGH; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM; ETHANOL; GENITALIA, MALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MITOCHONDRIA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0029949833     PISSN: 02704137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0045(199606)28:6<341::AID-PROS1>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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