Inhibin B Response to Testicular Toxicants Hexachlorophene, Ethane Dimethane Sulfonate, Di-(n-butyl)-phthalate, Nitrofurazone, DL-Ethionine, 17-alpha Ethinylestradiol, 2,5-Hexanedione, or Carbendazim Following Short-Term Dosing in Male Rats

Birth Defects Research Part B - Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 41-53

  Erdos, Zoltan ^a   Pearson, Kara ^a   Goedken, Michael ^a   Menzel, Karsten ^a   Sistare, Frank D ^a   Glaab, Warren E ^a   Saldutti, Louise Parks ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

biomarker; Inhibin B; seminiferous tubule toxicity; testicular toxicity

Indexed keywords

ACETONYLACETONE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBENDAZIM; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; ETHIONINE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL DIMESYLATE; HEXACHLOROPHENE; INHIBIN B; NITROFURAL; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ASPERMIA; AUTOMATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; CARBAMATES; DIBUTYL PHTHALATE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; ETHIONINE; HEXACHLOROPHENE; HEXANONES; INHIBINS; MALE; MESYLATES; NITROFURAZONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR; ROC CURVE; TESTIS;

EID: 84873429911     PISSN: 15429733     EISSN: 15429741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdrb.21035     Document Type: Article

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