Effect of chronic administration of an aromatase inhibitor to adult male rats on pituitary and testicular function and fertility

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 225-238

  Turner, K J ^a   Morley, M ^a   Atanassova, N ^a,b   Swanston, I D ^a   Sharpe, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Experimental Morphology and Anthropology Bulgarian Academy of Sciences   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANASTROZOLE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; DRINKING WATER; FOLLITROPIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FERTILITY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0034048347     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1640225     Document Type: Article

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