Male gonadal function, prolactin secretion and lactotroph population in an experimental model of cirrhosis

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1383-1388

  Gonzales, P H ^a   Rhoden, C R ^a   Luz, C ^b   Correa G ^a   Barbosa Coutinho, L M ^a   Oliveira, M C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b Santa Casa Complexo Hospitalar   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hyperestrogenemia; Hyperprolactinemia; Hypogonadism; Lactotrophs; Liver cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE; THYROTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE MODEL; GONAD FUNCTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPOGONADISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROLACTIN RELEASE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 35548942273     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2006005000150     Document Type: Article

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