Apoptosis in the Epididymal Epithelium of Adult Male Golden Hamster Exposed to Diethylstilbestrol

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 187-192

  Qiu, Chun Hong ^a,b   Ohe, Masato ^a   Koibuchi, Noriyuki ^b   Matsuzaki, Shigeru ^a  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adult hamster; Apoptosis; DES; Epididymis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; EPIDIDYMIS; EPIDIDYMIS TAIL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HAMSTER; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS;

EID: 0742322874     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002215540405200206     Document Type: Article

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