Insulin-like growth factor-I reverts testicular atrophy in rats with advanced cirrhosis

Hepatology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 592-600

  Castilla Cortazar, Inma ^a,b   Garcia, Maria ^a,b   Quiroga, Jorge ^a,c   Diez, Nieves ^a   Diez Caballero, Fernando ^a   Calvo, Alfonso ^a   Diaz, Matias ^a   Prieto, Jesus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CHOLESTEROL; CYCLINE; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GLUCOSE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; RECOMBINANT SOMATOMEDIN C; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSFERRIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPOGONADISM; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS ATROPHY; TESTIS SIZE; TESTIS WEIGHT;

EID: 0034001305     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510310308     Document Type: Article

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