Preliminary data suggesting production of interleukin-12 by rat Leydig cells cultured in vitro

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 876, Issue , 1999, Pages 259-261

  Valenti, Sandra ^a,b   Villaggio, Barbara ^a   Cutolo, Maurizio ^a   Giusti, Massimo ^a   Giordano, Giulio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b DiSEM Section of Dermatology   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 12; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; CELL CULTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; TESTIS;

EID: 0032781611     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb07647.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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