Pathological changes of testicular tissue in normal adult mice: A retrospective analysis

Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 654-656

  Xie, Bao Guo ^a   Li, Jing ^b   Zhu, Wei Jie ^a  

^a Jinan Univeresity   (China)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Mouse; Pathology; Testis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892994025     PISSN: 17920981     EISSN: 17921015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/etm.2014.1481     Document Type: Article

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