Suppression of androgen action and the induction of gross abnormalities of the reproductive tract in male rats treated neonatally with diethylstilbestrol

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 323-338

  McKINNELL, C ^a   Atanassova, N ^b   Williams, K ^a   Fisher, J S ^a   Walker, M ^a   Turner, K J ^a   Saunders, P T K ^a   Sharpe, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Experimental Morphology and Anthropology Bulgarian Academy of Sciences   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Efferent ducts; Epididymis; Rete testis; Testis; Vas deferens

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FLUTAMIDE; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; RECOMBINANT RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE ESTER; TEVERELIX;

ANDROGEN RELEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION; NEWBORN PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETE TESTIS; TESTIS WEIGHT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GENITALIA, MALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0035117823     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1939-4640.2001.tb02186.x     Document Type: Article

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