Morphological evaluation of the radioprotective effects of melatonin against X-ray-induced early and acute testis damage in Albino rats: an animal model.

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Published in Int J Exp Pathol on June 01, 2006

Authors

Mahmoud R Hussein1, Eman E Abu-Dief, Amal T Abou El-Ghait, Mohamed A Adly, Mohamad H Abdelraheem

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Histopathology, Assuit University Hospitals, Faculty of Medicine, Assuit, Egypt.

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