Estrogen, progesterone and testosterone receptors in human fetal cartilaginous tissue: Immunohistochemical studies

Calcified Tissue International

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 520-526

  Ben Hur, H ^a   Thole, H H ^b   Mashiah, A ^a   Insler, V ^a   Berman, V ^c   Shezen, E ^c   Elias, D ^a   Zuckerman, A ^d   Ornoy, A ^e  

^a KAPLAN HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d ISRAEL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^e HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Estrogen receptors; Image analysis; Progesterone receptors; Testosterone receptors

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OSTEOCLAST; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARTILAGE; CELL NUCLEUS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH PLATE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; SPINE; TIBIA; TRACHEA;

EID: 0030992235     PISSN: 0171967X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002239900274     Document Type: Article

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