title: [Morphologic evaluation of the effect of long-term administration of ammonium fluoride on the seminiferous epithelium and epididymis in the rat].
abstract: Male rats were subjected to 9-month-long exposure to ammonium fluoride. The performed evaluation covered the seminiferous epithelium and epididymis. The greatest changes in animals used in the experiment were observed in epididymis. A small number of spermatozoa were seen in the lumen of ductus epididymis, while in the epithelial cells there were increased phagocytic processes, providing a proof that injured reproductive cells were eliminated from the genital tract.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rózewicka
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Put
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dominiak
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Juzyszyn
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D064751:Ammonium Compounds; D000818:Animals; D001284:Atrophy / Q000139:chemically induced; D002452:Cell Count; D004822:Epididymis / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology; D005459:Fluorides / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D000644:Quaternary Ammonium Compounds; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012670:Seminiferous Epithelium / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology; D013737:Testis / Q000187:drug effects*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D064751:Ammonium Compounds; D000644:Quaternary Ammonium Compounds; C024822:ammonium fluoride; D005459:Fluorides
vernacular_title: Morfologiczna ocena wpływu przewlekłego stosowania fluorku amonowego na nabłonek plemnikotwórczy i najadrze szczura.