Effect of hypothyroidism on the testes in mature rats and treatment with levothyroxine and zinc

Andrologia

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 85-89

  Tahmaz, Lütfü ^a   Gokalp A ^a   Kibar, Y ^a   Kocak I ^b   Yalcin O ^c   Ozercan Y ^c  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Department of Urology and Pathology   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hypothyroidism; Levothyroxine; Rat; Zinc

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; LIOTHYRONINE; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; ZINC SULFATE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; RAT; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTIS FUNCTION; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ATROPHY; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE; ZINC;

EID: 0034112114     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0272.2000.00324.x     Document Type: Article

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