Depletion and repopulation of Leydig cells in the testes of aging Brown Norway rats

Endocrinology

Volumn 137, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 3447-3452

  Chen, Haolin ^a,c   Huhtaniemi, Ilpo ^b   Zirkin, Barry R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL POPULATION; GERM CELL; KINETICS; LEYDIG CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; RAT; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0029980067     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.137.8.8754773     Document Type: Article

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