Androgens accelerate thymocyte apoptosis

Endocrinology

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 748-752

  Olsen, Nancy J ^a,c   Viselli, Susan M ^a,d   Fan, Jin ^a   Kovacs, William J ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTANOLONE; DNA FRAGMENT; GLUCOCORTICOID; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

EID: 0031765773     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.139.2.5729     Document Type: Article

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