Effects of ethane dimethanesulfonate on the structure of adult male rat adrenal cortex

Pharmacological Research

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 541-546

  Plecas B ^a   Glavaski A ^a   Savic V ^a   Hristic M ^a   Duric D ^b   Solarovic T ^c  

^a School of Pharmacy   (Yugoslavia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c Institute of Pharmacy of Serbia   (Yugoslavia)

Author keywords

Ethane dimethanesulfonate; Rat adrenal cortex; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE GLYCOL DIMESYLATE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEMINAL VESICLE; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ZONA FASCICULATA;

EID: 0031172332     PISSN: 10436618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/phrs.1997.0186     Document Type: Article

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