Lack of correlation of vaginal impedance measurements with hormone levels in the rat

Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 37-42

  Singletary, Sylvia J ^a   Kirsch, Alan J ^b   Watson, Julie ^c   Karim, Baktiar O ^c   Huso, David L ^c   Hurn, Patricia D ^b   Murphy, Stephanie J ^b,d  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; HORMONE; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRUS CYCLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; IMPEDANCE; MEASUREMENT; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PSEUDOPREGNANCY; RAT; RISK ASSESSMENT; VAGINA CYTOLOGY; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINA SMEAR;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS; VAGINA; VAGINAL SMEARS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 29144460252     PISSN: 10600558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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