In Vivo Evaluation of the Genotoxic Effects of Gonadotropins on Rat Reticulocytes


Duran B., Koc O., OZDEMIRCI S., Topcuoglu A., ÖZDEMİR Ö.

CURRENT THERAPEUTIC RESEARCH-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL, cilt.72, sa.2, ss.60-70, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

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BACKGROUND: Gonadotropins, as ovulation-inducing drugs, have been used widely to treat infertility. An epidemiologic correlation between infertility therapy and ovarian cancer development has been reported. However, the effect of gonadotropins in the formation of reproductive tract cancers is controversial.