Morphometric and stereological assessment of the effects of long-term administration of quinine on the morphology of rat testis

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 200-205

  Osinubi, A A ^a   Noronha, C C ^a   Okanlawon, A O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Quinine; Seminiferous epithelium; Seminiferous tubules; Testes

Indexed keywords

QUININE; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DESTRUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECAPITATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTERSTITIUM; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; STEREOMETRY; TESTIS; TESTIS DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; QUININE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 28344438609     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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