Effects of testosterone replacement on renal function and apoptosis on mesangial and renal tubule cells in rats

Yonago Acta Medica

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 37-44

  Muraoka, Kuniyasu ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Renal function; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

N ACETYL BETA GLUCOSAMINIDASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TUBULE CELL; MALE; MESANGIUM CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0035028396     PISSN: 05135710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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