Epididymis as a target organ for the toxic effect of vincristine: Light microscopic changes in the epididymal epithelial cell types

Biomedical Letters

Volumn 54, Issue 215, 1996, Pages 133-145

  Akbarsha, M A ^a   Averal, Horne Iona ^a  

^a BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Clear cell; Epididymis; Male reproductive toxicity; Narrow cell; Principal cell; Vincristine

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030344317     PISSN: 0961088X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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