Morphology of testis and epididymis in an ethanol-drinking rat strain (UChA and UChB)

Journal of Submicroscopic Cytology and Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 175-184

  Martinez, Francisco E ^a,d   Martinez, M ^b   Padovani, C R ^a   Bustos Obregon E ^c  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^d Institute of Biosciences   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Epididymis; Testis; UCh rats

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; PATHOLOGY; RAT; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WISTAR RAT;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; EPIDIDYMIS; ETHANOL; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 0034172769     PISSN: 11229497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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