Male reproductive toxicity of vincristine: Histopathological changes in the seminiferous tubules in relation to the stages in the spermatogenic cycle

Biomedical Letters

Volumn 54, Issue 214, 1996, Pages 73-86

  Akbarsha, M A ^a   Averal, Home Iona ^a   Stanley, Abraham ^a  

^a BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Meiotic arrest; Microtubules; Mitotic arrest; Sertoli cell; Spermatogenic cycle; Vincristine

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030335783     PISSN: 0961088X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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