Immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization of the androgen receptor in the developing human prostate

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 197, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 199-208

  Aumüller, Gerhard ^a   Holterhus, Paul Martin ^b   Konrad, Lutz ^a   Von Rahden, Burkhard ^a   Hiort, Olaf ^b   Esquenet, Murielle ^c   Verhoeven, Guido ^c  

^a Dept of Anatomy and Cell Biology ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Development; Human prostate; Immunohistochemistry; In situ hybridization

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; FETUS; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFANT; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NERVE CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE EPITHELIUM; PUBERTY; RNA PROBE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFANT; MALE; PROSTATE; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN;

EID: 0031939622     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004290050131     Document Type: Article

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