Neonatal exposure to potent and environmental oestrogens and abnormalities of the male reproductive system in the rat: Evidence for importance of the androgen-oestrogen balance and assessment of the relevance to man

APMIS, Supplement

Volumn 109, Issue 103, 2001, Pages

  Williams, K ^a   McKinnell, C ^a   Saunders, P T K ^a   Walker, M ^a   Fisher, J S ^a   Turner, K J ^a   Atanassova, N ^a   Sharpe, R M ^a   McLachlan, J ^a   Sharpe, R ^a   Sultan, C ^a   Ritzen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Androgen receptors; Androgen:oestrogen balance; Environmental oestrogens; Male reproductive tract; Oestrogen receptors

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANTIANDROGEN; ANTIESTROGEN; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; FLUTAMIDE; OCTYLPHENOL; SOMATOSTATIN; TAMOXIFEN; TESTOSTERONE; TEVERELIX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYPTORCHISM; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; GERM CELL; HORMONE ACTION; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NEWBORN PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PENIS DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS;

EID: 0034924401     PISSN: 0903465X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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