Long-term testosterone treatment prevents gonadal and adrenal tumorigenesis of mice transgenic for the mouse inhibin-α subunit promoter/simian virus 40 T-antigen fusion gene

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 77-85

  Rilianawati, ^a   Kero, J ^a   Paukku, T ^a   Huhtaniemi, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; INHIBIN A; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ADRENAL TUMOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONAD TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONAL CARCINOGENESIS; HORMONE DETERMINATION; IMPLANT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 0033948597     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1660077     Document Type: Article

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