Differential activity of diethylstilbestrol versus estradiol as neonatal endocrine disruptors in the female hamster (Mesocricetus auratus) reproductive tract

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 91-100

  Hendry III, William J ^a   DeBrot, Brian L ^a   Zheng, Xinglong ^a,c   Branham, William S ^b   Sheehan, Daniel M ^b  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTRADIOL; LACTOFERRIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HAMSTER; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CRICETINAE; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESOCRICETUS; OVARIECTOMY; UTERUS;

EID: 0033031173     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod61.1.91     Document Type: Article

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