The effects of cyclosporin azathioprine and mizoribine on male reproduction in rats

Japanese Journal of Urology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 42-49

  Iwasaki, Masashi ^a   Fuse, Hideki ^a   Katayama, Takashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

immunosuppressive drug; rat; spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; MIZORIBINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DOSE RESPONSE; EPIDIDYMIS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; RAT; REPRODUCTION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 0030021731     PISSN: 00215287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5980/jpnjurol1989.87.42     Document Type: Article

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