Prostate gland growth during development is stimulated in both male and female rat fetuses by intrauterine proximity to female fetuses

Journal of Urology

Volumn 161, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1694-1701

  Timms, B G ^a   Petersen, S L ^b   Saal, F S Vom ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Fetal development; Intrauterine position; Prostate; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MESENCHYME; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RAT; SEMINAL VESICLE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; UTRICLE;

EID: 0032883613     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)69007-6     Document Type: Article

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