Epididymal cytology changes in hypothyroid rats

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 247-255

  Del Rio, A G ^a,b   Palaoro, L A ^a   Canessa, O E ^a   Blanco, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Departamento de Bioquimica Clinica   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Epididymal morphology; Hypothyroidism; Thyroid gland

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; EPIDIDYMIS; EPIDIDYMIS TAIL; EPITHELIUM CELL; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MITOSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; STEREOCILIUM; THYROIDECTOMY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 79961203454     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01485010390205011     Document Type: Article

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