Formaldehyde exposure induces histopathological and morphometric changes in the rat testis

Folia Morphologica

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 167-171

  Golalipour, M J ^a   Azarhoush, R ^a   Ghafari, S ^a   Gharravi, A M ^a   Fazeli, S A ^a   Davarian, A ^a  

^a GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Duration; Germ cell; Seminiferous epithelial height; Seminiferous epithelium diameter; Sertoli; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; FORMALDEHYDE; HEMATOXYLIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; GERM CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; STAINING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTIS; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE SECTION; VAPOR; VAPORIZATION; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FIXATIVES; FORMALDEHYDE; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 34548756810     PISSN: 00155659     EISSN: 16443284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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