Neuroendocrine cells during human prostate development: Does neuroendocrine cell density remain constant during fetal as well as postnatal life?

Prostate

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 116-123

  Xue, Yong ^a   Van Der Laak, J ^a   Smedts, F ^b   Schoots, C ^b   Verhofstad, A ^a   De La Rosette, J ^a   Schalken, J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Pathology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Neuroendocrine cells; Prostate development

Indexed keywords

CHROMOGRANIN A; SEROTONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; ONTOGENY; ORGANOGENESIS; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHILD; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA;

EID: 0033980020     PISSN: 02704137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0045(20000201)42:2<116::AID-PROS5>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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