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Testicular function and Leydig cell ultrastructure in long-term bilaterally cryptorchid rams

D D Lunstra1, B D Schanbacher

  • 1U.S. Department of Agriculture, R. L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, Clay Center, Nebraska 68933.

Biology of Reproduction
|February 1, 1988
PubMed
Summary

Bilateral cryptorchidism in rams reduced Leydig cell number but maintained testosterone. Hypertrophied Leydig cells could not fully compensate, suggesting unknown mechanisms maintain hormone levels.

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