Acute and specific impairment of spermatogonial development by GnRH antagonist-induced gonadotrophin withdrawal in the adult macaque (Macaca fascicularis)

Journal of Reproduction and Fertility

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 139-147

  Zhengwei, Y ^a   Wreford, N G ^b   Schlatt, S ^b   Weinbauer, G F ^c   Nieschlag, E ^c   McLachlan, R I ^a  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c INST OF REPRO MED OF THE UNIV   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CETRORELIX; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; GONADOTROPIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GERM CELL; MACACA; MALE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALIA; MACACA; MACACA FASCICULARIS;

EID: 0031929865     PISSN: 00224251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.1120139     Document Type: Article

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