Haematology and plasma chemistry of male lizards, Psammodromus algirus. Effects of testosterone treatment

Comparative Clinical Pathology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 102-106

  Puerta, M ^a   Abelenda, M ^a   Salvador, A ^b   Martin J ^b   Lopez P ^b   Veiga, J P ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Lizards; Males; Plasma chemistry; Red blood cells; Testosterone; White blood cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349151756     PISSN: 16185641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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