Number of mast cells in the Harderian gland of the lizard Podarcis sicula sicula (Raf): The annual cycle and its relation to environmental factors and estradiol administration

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 394-400

  Vitiello, Italia Izzo ^a   Baccari, Gabriella Chieffi ^a   Di Matteo, Loredana ^a   Rusciani, Antonietta ^a   Chieffi, Paolo ^a   Minucci, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIESTROGEN; ESTRADIOL; TAMOXIFEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL TYPE; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HARDER GLAND; LIZARD; MALE; MAST CELL; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0031238641     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1997.6925     Document Type: Article

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