Administration of the anabolic androgenic steroid nandrolone decanoate to female rats causes alterations in the morphology of their uterus and a reduction in reproductive capacity

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 189-197

  Mobini Far, Hamid Reza ^a   Ågren, Greta ^b   Lindqvist, Ann Sophie ^c   Marmendal, Maarit ^c   Fahlke, Claudia ^c   Thiblin, Ingemar ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anabolic androgenic steroids; Eosinophilic homing; Estrus cycle; Fertility; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

DECADURABOL; DRUG VEHICLE; NANDROLONE DECANOATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANDROGEN RELEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; DELAYED IMPLANTATION; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; ENDOMETRIAL EOSINOPHILIC HOMING; EOSINOPHILIA; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MATING; NONHUMAN; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UTERUS DISEASE; VAGINA SMEAR;

EID: 33947397985     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2006.07.037     Document Type: Article

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