Reduction in fluid secretion by rat testis by drugs that block potassium channels

Journal of Reproduction and Fertility

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 87-94

  Setchell, B P ^a   Ploen L ^b   Ritzen, E M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALMOKALANT; ANDROGEN BINDING PROTEIN; DOFETILIDE; INOSITOL; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETE TESTIS; SECRETION; SPERMATID; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0345367899     PISSN: 00224251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.1120087     Document Type: Article

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