Involvement of germ cell apoptosis in the induction of testicular toxicity following hydroxyurea treatment

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 139-149

  Shin, Jae Ho ^a,c   Mori, Chisato ^a   Shiota, Kohei ^a,b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Korea Food and Drug Administration   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Germ cell apoptosis; Hydroxyurea; Mouse testis

Indexed keywords

1,3 DINITROBENZENE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; HYDROXYUREA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033104968     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.1998.8593     Document Type: Article

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