The Guinea Pig Estrous Cycle: Correlation of Vaginal Impedance Measurements with Vaginal Cytologic Findings

Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 632-637

  Lilley, Kenneth G ^a   Epping, Ronald J ^a   Hafner, Louise M ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIS OIL; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; IMPEDANCE; METESTRUS; NONHUMAN; PROESTRUS; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VAGINA CYTOLOGY; VAGINA MUCOSA; VAGINA SMEAR;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; INFUSIONS, PARENTERAL; TIME FACTORS; VAGINA; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0031421855     PISSN: 00236764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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