Brief maternal exposure of rats to the xenobiotics dibutyl phthalate or diethylstilbestrol alters adult-type Leydig cell development in male offspring

Maternal exposure to estrogenic xenobiotics or phthalates has been implicated in the distortion of early male reproductive development, referred to in humans as the testicular dysgenesis syndrome. It is not known, however, whether such early gestational and/or lactational exposure can influence the...

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Main Authors: Ivell, Richard, Heng, Kee, Nicholson, Helen, Anand-Ivell, Ravinder
Format: Article
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2013
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/41425/