Histological alterations in the testicular tissue induced by sildenafil overdoses

Drug Metabolism Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 99-103

  Jarrar, Bashir M ^a  

^a JOUF UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Histology; Sildenafil; Spermatogenesis arrest; Testis

Indexed keywords

SILDENAFIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESQUAMATION; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG OVERDOSE; GERM LAYER; GIANT CELL; HISTOLOGY; INTERSTITIUM; LEYDIG CELL; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPERMATIC CORD; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTICULAR ENLARGEMENT; TESTIS INJURY; VARICOSIS;

ANIMALS; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; OVERDOSE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE 5 INHIBITORS; PIPERAZINES; PURINES; RABBITS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SULFONES; TESTIS;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 79954550940     PISSN: 18723128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/187231211795305267     Document Type: Article

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