Physiological levels of testosterone kill salmonid leukocytes in vitro

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 113-119

  Slater, Caleb H ^a   Schreck, Carl B ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNITY; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMON; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 0031127961     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1996.6858     Document Type: Article

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