Effects of phototherapy on newborn rat testicles

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-70

  Cetinkursun, S ^a   Demirbag, S ^a   Cincik, M ^a   Baykal, B ^a   Gunal, A ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Newborn; Phototherapy; Rat; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FERTILIZATION; GAMETE; MALE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RELIABILITY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGONIUM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 28844466943     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: 15210375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01485010500302089     Document Type: Article

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