Developmental delay and unstable state of the testes in the rdw rat with congenital hypothyroidism

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 327-334

  Sakai, Yasuhiro ^a   Yamashina, Shohei ^a   Furudate, Sen Ichi ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Proliferation; rdw; Sertoli cells; Spermatogenesis; Testes; Thyroid hormone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE; THYROID HORMONE;

AGED; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CONTACT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SIZE; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SENESCENCE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS ATROPHY; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS DISEASE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGING; ANIMALS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; RATS; RATS, MUTANT STRAINS; REFERENCE VALUES; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 4544381078     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169x.2004.00748.x     Document Type: Article

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