Relationship of carnitine transport across the epididymis to blood carnitine and androgens in rats

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-31

  Radigue, C ^a   Es Slami, S ^a   Soufir, J C ^a  

^a BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Androgen; Carnitine; Epididymia; Male contraception; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CARNITINE; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE ENANTATE;

ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; HYPERANDROGENISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RAT; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

EID: 79961213803     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01485019608988499     Document Type: Article

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