Postnatal hypothyroidism does not affect prepubertal testis development in boars

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 193-198

  Klobucar, I ^a   Kosec, M ^a   Cebulj Kadunc, N ^a   Majdic, Gregor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEWBORN; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TESTIS; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0038623273     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0531.2003.00423.x     Document Type: Article

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