Influence of hormone treatment on prostate growth and micturition characteristics of the rat

Prostate

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 30-35

  Constantinou, Christos E ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

bladder; estrogen; fr equency; micturition; obstruction; prostate; testosterone; urge ncy

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE PROPIONATE; ESTRADIOL; FUROSEMIDE; SESAME SEED OIL;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; HORMONAL THERAPY; MALE; MICTURITION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RAT; URINE VOLUME; URODYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PROSTATE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS; URINATION; URINE;

EID: 0029952434     PISSN: 02704137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0045(199607)29:1<30::AID-PROS4>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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