Male reproductive toxicity of vincristine: Ultrastructural changes in the epididymal principal cell

Biomedical Letters

Volumn 57, Issue 227, 1998, Pages 159-169

  Akbarsha, M A ^a   Averal, H I ^a  

^a BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Epididymis; Golgi apparatus; Lysosomes; Male reproductive toxicology; Multivesicular bodies; Principal cell; Vincristine

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040583524     PISSN: 0961088X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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