Morphological and Immunohistochemical Characteristics of the Heterogeneous Prostate-Like Glands (Paraurethral Gland) Seen in Female Brown-Norway Rats

Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 237-241

  Satoh, Hiroshi ^a   Mori, Kazuhiko ^a   Furuhama, Kazuhisa ^a  

^a DAIICHI SANKYO CO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor (AR); electron microscopy; prostate specific acid phosphatase (PSAP); prostate specific antigen (PSA); Skene's gland

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE PROSTATE ISOENZYME; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYSOSOME; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RAT; REVIEW; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; URETHRA;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EXOCRINE GLANDS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GENITALIA, FEMALE; MALE; ORGANELLES; PROSTATE; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0034995161     PISSN: 01926233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/019262301317052512     Document Type: Article

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