Thyroid hormone modulates androgen and oestrogen receptor content in the Sertoli cells of peripubertal rats

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 43-50

  Panno, M L ^a   Sisci, D ^a   Salerno, M ^a   Lanzino, M ^a   Pezzi, V ^a   Morrone, E G ^a   Mauro, L ^a   Palmero, S ^b   Fugassa, E ^b   Ando S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; LIOTHYRONINE; TESTOSTERONE; THIAMAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RAT; SERTOLI CELL;

EID: 9044224396     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1480043     Document Type: Article

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