Epididymal Sperm Granuloma Induced by Chronic Administration of 2-Methylimidazole in B6C3F1 Mice

Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 313-319

  Tani, Yoshiro ^a   Foster, Paul M ^a   Sills, Robert C ^a   Chan, po C ^b   Peddada, Shyamal D ^c   Nyska, Abraham ^a  

^a Laboratory of Molecular Toxicology   (United States)

^b Toxicology Operations Branch   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

2 Methylimidazole; epididymis; germinal epithelium; mice; sperm granuloma; testis

Indexed keywords

2 METHYLIMIDAZOLE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EPIDIDYMAL SPERM GRANULOMA; EPIDIDYMIS DISEASE; GERM LAYER; GERMINAL EPITHELIAL ATROPHY; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TESTIS DISEASE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPIDIDYMIS; GRANULOMA; IMIDAZOLES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SPERMATOZOA; TESTICULAR DISEASES; TOXICITY TESTS, CHRONIC;

EID: 18144392310     PISSN: 01926233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01926230590922866     Document Type: Article

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