Neural network assessment of herbal protection against chemotherapeutic- induced reproductive toxicity

Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Amin, Amr ^a,c   Mahmoud Ghoneim, Doaa ^a,d   Syam, Muhammed I ^a   Daoud, Sayel ^b  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d TOM BAKER CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; GINKGO BILOBA; RATTUS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GINKGO BILOBA; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RAT; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; GINKGO BILOBA; MALE; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); ORGAN SIZE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; TESTIS;

EID: 84856072213     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4682-9-1     Document Type: Article

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