Stereologic study on the effect of prolonged urapidil-treatment on the rat ventral prostate

Acta Veterinaria

Volumn 46, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 73-80

  Plećaš, Bosiljka ^a   Popović, Anelija ^a   Glavaški, Aleksandra ^a   Hristić, Mirjana ^a   Solarovic T ^b  

^a Faculty of Pharmacy   (Serbia)

^b Institute of Public Health of Serbia   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Rat ventral prostate; Stereology; Urapidil; 1 adrenoceptor antagonist

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030517198     PISSN: 05678315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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