Insights into testicular damage induced by ethinylestradiol in rats

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 157-163

  Shimomura, Kazuhiro ^a   Shimada, Makoto ^a   Hagiwara, Miyoko ^a   Harada, Shigeo ^a   Kato, Michiyuki ^a   Furuhama, Kazuhisa ^a  

^a DAIICHI SANKYO CO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ethinylestradiol; Rats; Spermatogenesis; Testicular toxicity; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ETHINYLESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL DEGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; GERM CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PROSTATE; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION; SPERMATID; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTIS; TESTIS INJURY; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TUBE;

EID: 16244382570     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2004.12.013     Document Type: Article

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