Case report of rat true hermaphroditism: Colocalization of oocytes and granulosa and sertoli cells in the germinal cord

Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 290-294

  Kai, Kiyonori ^a,c   Satoh, Norihiro ^a   Watanabe, Astushi ^a   Shiraiwa, Kazumi ^a   Sasano, Hironobu ^b   Furuhama, Kazuhisa ^c  

^a ASAHI KASEI CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c DAIICHI SANKYO CO   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 HSD; Electron microscopy; Hermaphroditism; Immunohistochemistry; Ovotestis; P450c17; Rat; Vimentin

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CYTOCHROME P450C17; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GERMINAL CORD; GRANULOSA CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; THECA CELL; TRUE HERMAPHRODITISM; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELLS; HERMAPHRODITISM; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OOCYTES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SERTOLI CELLS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0038586506     PISSN: 01926233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01926230309755     Document Type: Article

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