Thyroid gland and epididymal sperm motility in rats

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-26

  Del Rio, A G ^a   Blanco, A M ^a   Niepomniscze, H ^a   Carizza, C ^b   Parera, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Sperm motility; Thyroid gland

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDIDYMIS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 79961200840     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01485019808988541     Document Type: Article

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