Chronological observation of mouse endometrial carcinogenesis induced by N-methyl-N-nitrosourea and 17β-estradiol

Cancer Letters

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 115-119

  Niwa, Kenji ^a   Morishita, Shigeo ^a   Murase, Toshiko ^a   Mudigdo, Ambar ^a   Tanaka, Takuji ^a   Mori, Hideki ^a   Tamaya, Teruhiko ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Argyrophilic; Chemically induced tumor; Chronological observation; E2 progesterone ratio; Endometrial carcinogenesis; Mouse; Nucleolar organizer regions

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; METHYLNITROSOUREA;

ADENOMA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CHROMOSOME NOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; HORMONAL CARCINOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029920045     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3835(96)04240-1     Document Type: Article

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