The effect of nandrolone decanoate on the body, testis and epididymis weight and semen parameters in adult male rats

Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 93-99

  Mesbah, Seyed Fakhroddin ^a   Shokri, S ^a   Karbalay Doust, S ^a   Mirkhani, H ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Body weight; Epididymis; Nandrolone decanoate; Rat; Sperm count; Testis

Indexed keywords

NANDROLONE DECANOATE; OLIVE OIL;

ALMOND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDIDYMIS; FERTILITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS; TESTIS ATROPHY; WEIGHT;

EID: 39449101805     PISSN: 02530716     EISSN: 17353688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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