Nitric oxide modulates Leydig cell function in vitro: Is this a way of communication between the immune and endocrine system in the testis?

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 876, Issue , 1999, Pages 298-300

  Valenti, Sandra ^a,b   Cuttica, Carla Micaela ^a   Giusti, Massimo ^a   Giordano, Giulio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b DISEM   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

EID: 0032813054     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb07652.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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