Reproductive function in male rats after brief in utero exposure to diethylstilboestrol

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 366-371

  Behrens, G H G ^a,c   Petersen, P M ^b   Grotmol, T ^c   Srensen, D R ^a   Torjesen, P ^d   Tretli, S ^c   Haugen, T B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cannibalism; Diethylstilboestrol; Optical fractionator; Rat; Sertoli cell number; Stereology; Testis weight; Ventral prostate weight

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLSTILBESTROL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANNIBALISM; CELL COUNT; CELL FRACTIONATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE VENTRAL LOBE; RAT; REPRODUCTION; SERTOLI CELL; STEREOLOGY; TESTIS WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0033661807     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2605.2000.00254.x     Document Type: Article

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