Flow cytometry as a sensitive tool to assess testicular damage in rat

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 791-797

  Suter, Laura ^a   Meier, Gabrielle ^b   Bechter, Rudolf ^b   Bobadilla, Maria ^b  

^a F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; Methoxyacetic acid, MAA; Testicular toxicity

Indexed keywords

METHOXYACETIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS INJURY; TESTIS WEIGHT;

ACETIC ACIDS; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; EPIDIDYMIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPERM HEAD; TESTIS; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 0032447503     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002040050575     Document Type: Article

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