Dose-dependent effects of carbendazim on rat thymus

Cell Biochemistry and Function

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 457-460

  Hayretdaǧ Songür, Sibel ^a   Koçkaya, E Arzu ^a   Selmanoĝlu, Güldeniz ^a   Barlas, Nurhayat ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Carbendazim; Fibronectin; Immunohistochemical staining; Rat; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CARBENDAZIM; FIBRONECTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EDEMA; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEEDING; FIBROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THYMUS; THYMUS DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; BODY WEIGHT; CARBAMATES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FIBRONECTINS; FIBROSIS; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THYMUS GLAND;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 27844468086     PISSN: 02636484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cbf.1181     Document Type: Article

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