Effect of high altitude exposure on spermatogenesis and epididymal sperm count in male rats

Andrologia

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 368-374

  Gasco, M ^a   Rubio, J ^a   Chung, A ^a   Villegas, L ^a   Gonzales, G F ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

High altitude; Male rats; Sperm count; Spermatogenesis; Transillumination

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEA LEVEL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS WEIGHT;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 0348108202     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0303-4569.2003.00593.x     Document Type: Article

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