Experimental hypercholesterolaemia in rabbits. Effect on lipid domains in homologous spermatozoa

Andrologia

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 15-22

  Diaz Fontdevila, M ^a,d   Pena W ^b   Bustos Obregon E ^c  

^a Instituto Superior de Investigaciones Biologicas   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Filipin sterol complexes; Freeze fracture; Hypercholesterolaemia; Rabbit; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; FILIPIN; LIPID; PHOSPHOLIPID; STEROL;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS TAIL; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS;

EID: 0031949099     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.1998.tb01377.x     Document Type: Article

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