Increased proliferation of Leydig cells induced by neonatal hypothyroidism in the rat

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 231-238

  Hardy, Matthew P ^a   Sharma, Radhey S ^b   Arambepola, Niromi K ^d   Sottas, Chantal M ^a   Russell, Lonnie D ^c   Bunick, David ^d   Hess, Rex A ^d   Cooke, Paul S ^d  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

^b INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

cell kinetics; goitrogen; mitosis; ontogeny; Propylthiouracil; puberty

Indexed keywords

ANTITHYROID AGENT; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CELL KINETICS; CELL PROLIFERATION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LEYDIG CELL; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CELL DIVISION; GENES, ERBA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MESODERM; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; TESTIS;

EID: 0030010636     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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