Effects of very high doses of human growth hormone (hGH) on the male reproductive system in the dog

Andrologia

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-42

  Sjogren I ^a,b,c   Jonsson M ^a   Madej, A ^b   Johansson, H E ^a   Ploen L ^b,d  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

^d SUAS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dog; Human growth hormone; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

DRUG VEHICLE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; SOMATREM; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DRUG MEGADOSE; EPIDIDYMIS; GERM CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PROSTATE; PROSTATE EPITHELIUM; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TESTIS; TESTIS ATROPHY;

EID: 0031900532     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.1998.tb01380.x     Document Type: Article

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