Differential effects of isomers of clomiphene citrate on reproductive tissues in male mice

BJU International

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 344-350

  Fontenot, Gregory K ^a   Wiehle, Ronald D ^a   Podolski, Joseph S ^a  

^a Repros Therapeutics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

clomiphene citrate; enclomiphene citrate; secondary hypogonadism; testosterone replacement therapy; zuclomiphene citrate

Indexed keywords

ENCLOMIFENE CITRATE; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PLACEBO; TESTOSTERONE; ZUCLOMIFENE CITRATE; ANTIESTROGEN; CLOMIFENE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; EPIDIDYMIS; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; KIDNEY; LEYDIG CELL; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORAL TOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPERMATOCYTE; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TOXICITY; WEIGHT CHANGE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; HYPOGONADISM; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; CLOMIPHENE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPIDIDYMIS; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HYPOGONADISM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MICE; REPRODUCTION; SEMINAL VESICLES; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84954388577     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bju.13244     Document Type: Article

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