A comparative study between the effects of dietary soya and estrogen replacement therapy on the lung of ovariectomized albino rats: Histological and immunohistochemical study

Egyptian Journal of Histology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 34-42

  Elfattah, Lamiaa Ibrahim Abd ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Lung; Ovariectomy; Rat; Soya

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866713653     PISSN: 11100559     EISSN: 20902417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.EHX.0000410861.52651.64     Document Type: Article

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