Behaviour of spermatogonia following recovery from busulfan treatment in the rat

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-61

  Jiang, Fang Xu ^a,b  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asymmetric divisions; Busulfan; Cytoplasmic bridges; Rat; Regenerating spermatogonia

Indexed keywords

BUSULFAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; MALE; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BUSULFAN; CELL DIVISION; CELL POLARITY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; RATS; REGENERATION; SPERMATOGONIA; TESTIS;

EID: 0031853540     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004290050164     Document Type: Article

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