Effect of testosterone on epithelial cell proliferation in the regressed rat epididymis

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 200-212

  Hamzeh, Mahsa ^a   Robaire, Bernard ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cell division; Orchidectomy; Regression

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; CYCLINE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; MALE; MAMMAL CELL; MITOSIS RATE; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 62649088520     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.108.006171     Document Type: Article

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