Ageing, testicular tumours and the pituitary-testis axis in dogs

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 153-161

  Peters, M A J ^a   De Jong, F H ^c   Teerds, K J ^c   De Rooij, D G ^c   Dieleman, S J ^c   Van Sluijs, F J ^b  

^a Faculty of Veterinary Medicine ^*  (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN; INHIBIN A; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOPHYSIS TESTIS SYSTEM; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEMINOMA; SERTOLI CELL TUMOR; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS TUMOR;

EID: 0033918397     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1660153     Document Type: Article

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