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Original Articles

Protection Against the Diabetogenic Effect of Feeding tert-Butylhydroquinone to Rats Prior to the Administration of Streptozotocin

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Pages 1153-1158 | Received 01 Nov 1999, Accepted 11 Jan 2000, Published online: 22 May 2014

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