Hormone treatment after irradiation stimulates recovery of rat spermatogenesis from surviving spermatogonia

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 80-87

  Meistrich, Marvin L ^a   Kangasniemi, Marko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

GnRH agonist; LHRH; stem cells; Testis; testosterone

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN AGONIST; GOSERELIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG IMPLANT; HISTOLOGY; HORMONAL THERAPY; IRRADIATION; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RAT; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GOSERELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; RADIATION INJURIES, EXPERIMENTAL; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0031056570     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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