The endocrinology and developmental biology of the prostate

Endocrine Reviews

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1987, Pages 338-362

  Cunha, Gerald R ^a,b   Donjacour, Annemarie A ^a   Cooke, Paul S ^a,c   Mee, Sharron ^a   Bigsby, Robert M ^a   Higgins, Stephen J ^d   Sugimura, Yoshiki ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORMONE;

ANIMAL; EPITHELIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTATE; PROSTATE TUMOR; REVIEW;

ANIMAL; EPITHELIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONES; HUMAN; MALE; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0023395389     PISSN: 0163769X     EISSN: 0163769X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/edrv-8-3-338     Document Type: Article

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