The prostate: Development and physiology

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-14

  Hayward, Simon W ^a   Cunha, Gerald R ^a,b  

^a Department of Urology ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTROGEN; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE SECRETION; REVIEW; SEMINAL PLASMA; SEMINAL VESICLE; TESTICULAR FEMINIZATION;

EID: 0033955151     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-8389(05)70146-9     Document Type: Article

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