Effects of anordiol, an antiestrogen, on the reproductive organs of the male rat

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-21

  Vanage, G R ^a   Dao, B ^b   Li, X J ^b   Bardin, C W ^b   Koide, S S ^b  

^a Institute for Research in Reproduction India   (India)

^b POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

anordiol; antiestrogens; gonadotropins; prostate; seminal vesicle; spermatogenesis; testis; testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANORDIOL; ANTIESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE ACTION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 79961219907     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01485019708988527     Document Type: Article

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