Permeability of blood-testis and blood-epididymis barriers to Hoechst 33342 dye

Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 85-86

  Marchlewicz, M ^a   Wenda Rozewicka L ^a   Wiszniewska, B ^a   Piasecka, M ^a   Swider Al Amawi M ^a  

^a POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Epididymis; Hoechst 33342; Lead; Testis

Indexed keywords

HOE 33342; LEAD ACETATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LEAD POISONING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; TIGHT JUNCTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032904680     PISSN: 00155586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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