Human 'testicular dysgenesis syndrome': A possible model using in-utero exposure of the rat to dibutyl phthalate

Human Reproduction

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1383-1394

  Fisher, Jane S ^a   Macpherson, S ^a   Marchetti, N ^a   Sharpe, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal model; Dibutyl phthalate; Rat; Testicular dysgenesis syndrome

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ACTIN; DAZL PROTEIN; HORMONE ANTIBODY; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; PROTEIN; PROTEIN P27; TESTOSTERONE; TUMOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WILM TUMOR PROTEIN 1;

ADULTHOOD; AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CELL MATURATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; FEMALE; FETUS; GERM CELL; GESTATION PERIOD; GONADAL DYSGENESIS; HORMONE INHIBITION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RAT; SCROTUM; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS DYSGENESIS SYNDROME; TESTIS WEIGHT;

ANIMALIA; MYOIDEA;

EID: 0038575340     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deg273     Document Type: Article

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