Androgen receptor distribution in adult human testis

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 350-358

  Suárez Quian, Carlos A ^a   Martínez García, Francisco ^b   Nistal, Manuel ^b,c   Regadera, Javier ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DENSITY; RETE TESTIS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AGED; ANIMALS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RABBITS; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERTOLI CELLS; TESTIS;

MYOIDEA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0032903481     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.84.1.350     Document Type: Article

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