Hypospermatogenesis and spermatozoa maturation arrest in rats induced by mobile phone radiation

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 262-265

  Meo, Sultan Ayoub ^a   Arif, Muhammad ^b   Rashied, Shahzad ^a   Husain, Sufia ^a   Khan, Muhammad Mujahid ^a   Vohra, Muhammad Saeed ^a   Usmani, Adnan Mahmood ^a   Imran, Muhammad Babar ^a   Al Drees, Abdul Majeed ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Albino rats; Hypospermatogenesis; Maturation arrest; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPOSPERMATOGENESIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOBILE PHONE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RAT; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOA MATURATION ARREST; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; CELLULAR PHONE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPERM MATURATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 79958746239     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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