Influence of sampling on the reproducibility of ovarian follicle counts in mouse toxicity studies

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 689-696

  Bucci, Thomas J ^a,c   Bolon, Brad ^a,d   Warbritton, Alan R ^a   Chen, James J ^a   Heindel, Jerrold J ^b,e  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c NCTR   (United States)

^d AMGEN INC   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential count; Female; Follicle; Mouse; Ovary; Power analysis; Reproductive toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; RANDOMIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE SECTION; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0031563526     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0890-6238(97)00034-8     Document Type: Article

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