Effects of Neonatal Diethylstilbestrol (DES) Exposure on Morphology and Growth Patterns of Endometrial Epithelial Cells in CD-1 Mice

Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 325-333

  Yoshida, Akiyoshi ^a   Newbold, Retha R ^a   Dixon, Darlene ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

apoptosis; bromodeoxyuridine; endocrine disrupters; environmental estrogens; immunohistochemistry; Neonatal mouse; ultrastructure; uterus

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLSTILBESTROL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GOLGI COMPLEX; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SECRETORY GRANULE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APOPTOSIS; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIVISION; CYTOPLASM; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; STROMAL CELLS;

ANIMALIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0033024822     PISSN: 01926233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/019262339902700308     Document Type: Article

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