Benign Testicular Hyperplasia in Mongolian Gerbils (<I>Meriones unguiculatus</I>)

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  • NINOMIYA Hiroyoshi
    <I>Department of Laboratory Animal Science School of Veterinary Medicine, Azabu University Fuchinobe</I>
  • NAKAMURA Tsunenori
    <I>Department of Laboratory Animal Science School of Veterinary Medicine, Azabu University Fuchinobe</I>

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Other Title
  • スナネズミに発生した精上皮および精巣上体管上皮の過形成について

Abstract

At necropy, 20 out of 35 Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus) with prolonged infertility at 12-30 weeks of age were found to have spontaneous hyperplasia in both seminiferous and epididymal tubules. This high incidence of hyperplasia in young gerbils is indication of possible congenital lesions and suggests the possibility of using these animals as a useful model for the further study of male infertility.

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  • Experimental Animals

    Experimental Animals 36 (2), 191-194, 1987

    Japanese Association for Laboratory Animal Science

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