Systemic treatment with epidermal growth factor but not insulin-like growth factor I decreases the involution of the prostate in castrated rats

Urological Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 75-81

  Tørring, Niels ^a   Vinter Jensen, Lars ^a   Brandt Sørensen, Flemming ^a   Flyvbjerg, Allan ^a   Nexø, Ebba ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Castration; Epidermal growth factor; Insulin like growth factor I; Prostate; Rat; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INVOLUTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE SECRETION; RAT;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; ORGAN SIZE; PROSTATE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEMINAL VESICLES; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034083488     PISSN: 03005623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002400050141     Document Type: Article

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