Long-term effects of cigarette-smoke exposure on plasma testosterone, luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone levels in male rats

British Journal of Urology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 66-69

  Yardimci, S ^a,c,d   Atan, A ^a,b   Delibasi, T ^a,b   Sunguroglu, K ^a,b,c   Guven M C ^a,b  

^a Department of Physiology ^*  (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ANKARA NUMUNE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^d Konur Sok   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Follicle stimulating hormone; Leydig cell; Luteinizing hormone; Male rats; Smoking; Testosterone; Thiocyanate

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKE; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; LEYDIG CELL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0031403560     PISSN: 00071331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410x.1997.28314.x     Document Type: Article

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