Prostatic ductal system in rats: Regional variation in stromal organization

Prostate

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 124-128

  Nemeth, Jeffrey A ^a,b   Lee, Chung ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tarry 11 715 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

actin; smooth muscle; stromal epithelial interaction; vimentin

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE EPITHELIUM; PROSTATE SECRETION; RAT; STROMA CELL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; URETHRA;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE CELLS; FIBROBLASTS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PROSTATE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STROMAL CELLS; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0030062374     PISSN: 02704137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0045(199602)28:2<124::AID-PROS8>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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