Orchidectomy induces a wave of apoptotic cell death in the epididymis

Endocrinology

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 2128-2136

  Fan, Xueping ^a   Robaire, Bernard ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANDROGEN THERAPY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; HORMONE DEPENDENCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0031791318     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.139.4.5888     Document Type: Article

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