Tissue damage in the male murine reproductive system during experimental Taenia crassiceps cysticercosis

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 887-890

  Morales Montor, J ^a,b   Gamboa Domiguez A ^a,c   Rodriguez Dorantes M ^a   Cerbon M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTICERCOSIS; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROSTATE; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TAENIA; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TISSUE INJURY;

ANIMALS; ATROPHY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYSTICERCOSIS; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PROSTATE; SEMINAL VESICLES; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; CESTODA; MURINAE; TAENIA; TAENIA CRASSICEPS;

EID: 0344563502     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3285826     Document Type: Article

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