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Assessing Teratogenic Changes in a Zebrafish Model of Fetal Alcohol Exposure
Published on: March 20, 2012
[Testicular morphological changes in male alcohol abusers]
Abstract:
The sexual glands are highly sensitive to ethyl alcohol exposure. This study has investigated changes in the stroma and parenchyma of the testes in men who abuse alcohol. The sexual glands taken from 70 male alcohol abusers aged 25 to 60 years who were divided into groups according to the duration of alcoholic beverage consumption were examined. Pathomorphologic changes were found in the testicular structural components due to the progression of sclerotic stromal processes and functional parenchymal atrophy with long-term ethyl alcohol abuse.
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