Effects of ovariectomy and hormone replacement on collagen and blood vessels of the urethral submucosa of rats

Urological Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 147-151

  Rizk, Diaa E E ^a,b   Mensah Brown, Eric P ^a   Chandranath, Swaminathan I ^a   Ahmed, Ijaz ^a   Shafiullah, Mohamed ^a   Patel, Mahendra ^a   Al Haj, Mahmoud ^a   Adem, Abdu ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b NONE   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Collagen; Estrogen; Progesterone; Rat; Urethra; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URETHRA; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; COLLAGEN TYPE I; COLLAGEN TYPE III; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE 17-ACETATE; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STAINING AND LABELING; URETHRA;

EID: 0042564568     PISSN: 03005623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00240-003-0306-5     Document Type: Article

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