Interferon α-2B may impair testicular histology including spermatogenesis in a rat model

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 379-385

  Ulusoy, Ercüment ^a   Cayan S ^a   Yilmaz, N ^a   Aktas S ^a   Acar, D ^a   Doruk, E ^a  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Interferon; Rat; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ALPHA2B INTERFERON; RECOMBINANT ALPHA2B INTERFERON;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; EPITHELIUM CELL; GERM LAYER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGENESIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTIS DISEASE;

ANIMALS; INTERFERON ALFA-2B; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 79961204297     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01485010490474823     Document Type: Article

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