Effects of estrogen on ultrastructure of testis germinal epithelium in Wistar rats

Biologia - Section Cellular and Molecular Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1015-1022

  Kizilay, Gulnur ^a   Uygun, Muberra ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Histology; Leydig cell; Sertoli cell; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0348197045     PISSN: 13356399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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