Gestational exposure to hydroxyprogesterone caproate suppresses reproductive potential in male rats

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 385-388

  Pushpalatha, T ^a   Reddy, P Ramachandra ^a   Reddy, P Sreenivasula ^a  

^a SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYPROGESTERONE CAPROATE;

FERTILITY; HORMONE; PREGNANCY; RODENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATION PERIOD; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; RAT; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; COPULATION; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FETAL RESORPTION; HYDROXYPROGESTERONES; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 27644533428     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-005-0005-x     Document Type: Article

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