Plasma bioactive LH and testosterone profiles in male New Zealand rabbits experimentally infected with Schistosoma mansoni

Acta Tropica

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 165-172

  Kasilima, Y S ^a   Wango, E O ^a   Kigondu, C S ^a   Mutayoba, B M ^b   Nyindo, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b Biochemistry   (Turkey)

^c INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Luteinising hormone; Rabbit; Schistosomiasis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; RABBITS; REPRODUCTION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 7744243510     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2004.06.004     Document Type: Article

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