The expression of receptors for estrogen and epithelial growth factor in the male rabbit prostate and prostatic urethra following castration

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-18

  Bødker, Anders ^a,b   Balslev, Eva ^a   Iversen, Hans Georg ^a   Meyhoff, Hans Henrik ^b   Andersson, K E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

castration; epithelial growth factor receptor; estrogen receptor; prostate; prostatic urethra

Indexed keywords

EPITHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RABBIT; URETHRA;

EID: 0031057163     PISSN: 00365599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365599709070295     Document Type: Article

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