Manipulation of postnatal testosterone levels affects phallic and clitoral development in infant rhesus monkeys

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 119-128

  Brown, G R ^a   Nevison, C M ^a   Fraser, H M ^b   Dixson, A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clitoral development; Penile development; Postnatal testosterone; Rhesus monkey

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN AGONIST; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CLITORIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PENIS; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; PENIS; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0032972597     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2605.1999.00158.x     Document Type: Article

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