Assessment of morphological and functional changes in the mouse testis and epididymal sperms following busulfan treatment

Iranian Biomedical Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-22

  Anjamrooz, Sayed Hadi ^a   Movahedin, Mansoureh ^a   Mowla, Sayed Javad ^a   Bairanvand, Shahram Pour ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Busulfan; Sperm; Testis

Indexed keywords

BUSULFAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, ALKYLATING; BUSULFAN; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; MICE; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 33847082462     PISSN: 1028852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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