Effect of marginal or severe dietary zinc deficiency on testicular development and functions of the rat

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 243-253

  Hamdi, S A ^a,b   Nassif, O I ^a   Ardawi, M S M ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NONE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

androstanedial; androstenedione; dietary zinc deficiency; FSH; histological changes; LH; testis; testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANEDIOL; ANDROSTENEDIONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

EID: 80051743301     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01485019708994883     Document Type: Article

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