Effects of nandrolone decanoate on ultrastructure of testis in male adult rats

Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 94-100

  Mesbah, S F ^a   Shokri, S ^a   Karbalay Doust, S ^a   Mirkhani, H ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Nandrolone decanoate; Rat; Testis; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ARACHIS OIL; NANDROLONE DECANOATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; GERM CELL; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TESTIS ATROPHY; TESTIS CELL; TESTIS INJURY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 48649099437     PISSN: 02530716     EISSN: 17353688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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