Carnitine reduces testicular damage in rats treated with etoposide in the prepubertal phase

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 337, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 269-280

  Okada, Fatima Kazue ^a   Stumpp, Taiza ^a   Miraglia, Sandra Maria ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Carnitine; Etoposide; Rat (Wistar); Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE; ETOPOSIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPERMATOZOON; STEREOLOGY; TESTIS INJURY;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CARNITINE; CYTOPROTECTION; ETOPOSIDE; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

RATTUS;

EID: 68449098077     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-009-0801-2     Document Type: Article

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