Effects of selenium deficiency on testicular morphology and function in rats

Journal of Reproduction and Fertility

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 291-297

  Behne, D ^a   Weiler, H ^b   Kyriakopoulos, A ^a  

^a HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SELENITE; SELENIUM; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONAD; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RAT; SELENIUM DEFICIENCY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; STEM CELL; TESTIS ATROPHY; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029966044     PISSN: 00224251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.1060291     Document Type: Article

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