Histological changes of the testis and epididymis in adult rats as a result of Leydig cell destruction after ethane dimethane sulfonate treatment: A morphometric study

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 289-299

  Yang, Zheng Wei ^a   Kong, Ling Shu ^a   Guo, Yang ^a   Yin, Jin Qi ^a   Mills, Nathaniel ^b  

^a AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NORTH SICHUAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epididymis; Ethane dimethane sulfonate; Leydig cells; Morphometry; Spermatogenesis; Stereology; Testis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE GLYCOL DIMESYLATE; METHACRYLIC ACID; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL POPULATION; CELL SHAPE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MEIOSIS; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEREOLOGY; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

ANIMALS; EPIDIDYMIS; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MESYLATES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; TESTIS;

EID: 33646020659     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7262.2006.00140.x     Document Type: Article

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