The reversibility of sperm quality after discontinuing nandrolone decanoate in adult male rats

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 235-239

  Karbalay Doust, Saied ^a   Noorafshan, Ali ^a   Ardekani, Fakhrodin Mesbah ^a   Mirkhani, Hossien ^a   Baker, Gordon ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anabolic androgenic steroid; Nandrolone decanoate; Rats; Sperm count; Sperm morphology; Sperm motility

Indexed keywords

ARACHIS OIL; NANDROLONE DECANOATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VAS DEFERENS;

ANABOLIC AGENTS; ANIMALS; MALE; NANDROLONE; RATS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 33947214002     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7262.2007.00203.x     Document Type: Article

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