Immunohistochemical localization of steroid 5α-reductase 2 in the human male fetal reproductive tract and adult prostate

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 384-389

  Levine, Alice C ^a   Wang, Jin Ping ^a   Ren, Meiyue ^a   Eliashvili, Eliot ^a   Russell, David W ^b   Kirschenbaum, Alexander ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOENZYMES; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROSTATE; TESTOSTERONE 5-ALPHA-REDUCTASE;

EID: 0030026298     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.1.384     Document Type: Article

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