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Fol. Biol. 2002, 48, 205-209

https://doi.org/10.14712/fb2002048050205

Steroidogenic and Structural Differentiation of New Leydig Cell Population Following Exposure of Adult Rats to Ethane Dimethanesulphonate

Mariana Bakalska1, I. Koeva2, N. Atanassova1, P. Angelova1, B. Nikolov1, M. Davidoff3

1Institute of Experimental Morphology and Anthropology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
2Department of Histology and Embryology, Higher Medical Institute, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
3Institute of Anatomy, University of Hamburg, Germany

Received December 2001
Accepted May 2002

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