Seminiferous epithelium of rats with food restriction and carbon tetrachloride-induced cirrhosis

International Braz J Urol

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 94-99

  Horn, Marilise M ^a   Ramos, Ana R ^a   Winkelmann, Leonardo ^a   Matte, Ursula S ^a   Goldani, Helena A ^a   Silveira, Themis R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carbon tetrachloride; Experimental; Food deprivation; Liver cirrhosis; Rats; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

CARBON TETRACHLORIDE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LOSS; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; GERM CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TISSUE DEGENERATION;

EID: 33645321122     PISSN: 16775538     EISSN: 16776119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1677-55382006000100016     Document Type: Article

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