The effects of gonadotropin-releasing hormone immunization and recombinant follicle-stimulating hormone on the Leydig cell and macrophage populations of the adult rat testis

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 417-423

  Duckett, Richard J ^a   Hedger, Mark P ^a   Mclachlan, Robert I ^b   Wreford, Nigel G ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Leucocytes; Morphometry; Optical disector; Stereology

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; GONADOTROPIN DEFICIENCY; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNIZATION; LEYDIG CELL; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MAST CELL; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEREOLOGY; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; LEYDIG CELLS; MACROPHAGES; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TESTIS; VACCINES, SYNTHETIC;

EID: 0030807689     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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