Disruption of androgen-regulated male reproductive development by di(n- butyl) phthalate during late gestation in rats is different from flutamide

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 81-95

  Mylchreest, Eve ^a   Sar, Madhabananda ^a   Cattley, Russell C ^a   Foster, Paul M D ^a  

^a CIIT CENTERS FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Di(n butyl); Flutamide; Leydig cell hyperplasia; Phthalate; Reproductive development

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; FLUTAMIDE; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

AGENESIS; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; DEVELOPMENT; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HYPOSPADIAS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRENATAL PERIOD; RAT;

EID: 0033010382     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.1999.8643     Document Type: Article

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