Spontaneous occurrence of vasculitis-like lesions in male reproductive tissues in mice: A histological study

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 151-159

  Itoh, Masahiro ^a   Miyamoto, K ^a   Ohga, T ^a   Takeuchi, Y ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Germ cell ducts; Histology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSPORT; EXTRAVASATION; GERM CELL; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAS DEFERENS; VASCULITIS;

AGING; ANIMALS; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; TESTIS; VAS DEFERENS; VASCULITIS;

EID: 79961199053     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014850199262814     Document Type: Article

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