Region-specific expression of the androgen receptor in the human epididymis

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 933-940

  Ungefroren, Hendrik ^a,c   Ivell, Richard ^b   Ergun, Süleyman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b Institut fur Hormon und Fortpflanzungsforschung IHF   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Blood flow; Epididymis; Human; Principal cells

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOLOGY; EPIDIDYMIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANDROGENS; EPIDIDYMIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN;

EID: 0031266883     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/3.11.933     Document Type: Article

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