Apoptosis pattern elicited by oestradiol treatment of the seminiferous epithelium of the adult rat

Journal of Reproduction and Fertility

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-70

  Blanco Rodriguez J ^a   Martinez Garcia C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; ESTRADIOL; GONADOTROPIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0342602005     PISSN: 00224251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.1100061     Document Type: Article

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