Hormonal effects on glioblastoma multiforme in the nude rat model

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1072-1077

  Plunkett, Robert J ^a   Lis, Agnieszka ^b   Barone, Tara A ^b   Fronckowiak, Mary Duffy ^b   Greenberg, Steven J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Estrogen; Gender; Glioma; Rat; Survival

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GLIOBLASTOMA; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0033004786     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1999.90.6.1072     Document Type: Article

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