Xenoestrogens diethylstilbestrol and zearalenone negatively influence pubertal rat's testis

Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Filipiak, Eliza ^a   Walczak Jedrzejowska, Renata ^a   Oszukowska, Elzbieta ^a   Guminska, Anna ^a   Marchlewska, Katarzyna ^a   Kula, Krzysztof ^a   Slowikowska Hilczer, Jolanta ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Diethylstilbestrol; Estradiol; Rat; Spermatogenesis; Testis; Xenoestrogens; Zearalenone

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTRADIOL; PARAFFIN; ZEARALENONE; FOLLITROPIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL COUNT; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; GERM CELL; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PUBERTY; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEREOMETRY; TESTIS; TESTIS WEIGHT; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; SPERMATOGENESIS; WISTAR RAT;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

ANIMALS; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; ZEARALENONE;

EID: 75949107040     PISSN: 02398508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10042-009-0049-4     Document Type: Article

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