Testosterone stimulates angiogenesis and vascular regrowth in the ventral prostate in castrated adult rats

Endocrinology

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 451-456

  Franck Lissbrant, Ingela ^a   Häggström, Stina ^a   Damber, Jan Erik ^a   Bergh, Anders ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CASTRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MAST CELL; NONHUMAN; ORGAN GROWTH; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE EPITHELIUM; PROSTATE TUMOR; PROSTATE VENTRAL LOBE; RAT; STEREOLOGY;

EID: 0031732855     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.139.2.5683     Document Type: Article

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