Macroorchidism in fmr1 knockout mice is caused by increased sertoli cell proliferation during testicular development

Endocrinology

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 156-162

  Slegtenhorst Eegdeman, Karin E ^a   de Rooij, Dirk G ^a,b   Verhoef Post, Miriam ^a   van de Kant, Henk J G ^a,b   Bakker, Cathy E ^a   Oostra, Ben A ^a   Grootegoed, J Anton ^a   Themmen, Axel P N ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 85011452600     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.139.1.5706     Document Type: Article

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