Effects of a 5α-reductase inhibitor, finasteride, on the developing prostate and testis of a marsupial

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 123-130

  Ryhorchuk, Alexa R ^a   Shaw, Geoffrey ^a   Butler, Christopher M ^a   Renfree, Marilyn B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

androgen; dihydrotestosterone; tammar wallaby; Virilization; Wolffian duct

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; FINASTERIDE; METHYLTESTOSTERONE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GERM CELL; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; MALE; MARSUPIAL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS; TISSUE INDUCTION; UROGENITAL SINUS; VIRILIZATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; FINASTERIDE; MACROPODIDAE; MALE; OVARY; PROSTATE; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE 5-ALPHA-REDUCTASE; WOLFFIAN DUCT;

EID: 0030980310     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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