Changes in growth rate and thyroid- and sex-hormones blood levels in rats under sub-chronic lithium treatment

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 243-250

  Allagui, M S ^a   Hfaiedh, N ^a   Vincent, C ^b   Guermazi, F ^c   Murat, J C ^b   Croute, Françoise ^b   El Feki, A ^a  

^a University of Sfax   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Growth rate; Lithium; Testosterone; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; LIOTHYRONINE; LITHIUM CARBONATE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GROWTH RATE; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYDIPSIA; POLYURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPERMATOGENESIS; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; VAGINA MUCOSA;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; EATING; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; LITHIUM; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; THYROID GLAND; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33744797095     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0960327106ht620oa     Document Type: Article

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