Mono-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate rapidly alters both Sertoli cell vimentin filaments and germ cell apoptosis in young rat testes

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 42-50

  Richburg, John H ^a   Boekelheide, Kim ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; PHTHALIC ACID 2 ETHYLHEXYL MONOESTER; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CYTOTOXICITY; GERM CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SERTOLI CELL;

EID: 0029995352     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.1996.0055     Document Type: Article

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