Experimental autoimmune prostatitis: Dihydrotestosterone influence over the immune response

Journal of Urology

Volumn 170, Issue 6 I, 2003, Pages 2486-2489

  Diserio, Gustavo P ^a   Nowotny, Edgar ^b  

^a Universidad Nacional de Córdoba   (Argentina)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Androgens; Immunity; Prostate; Prostatitis; Rats, Wistar; Stanolone

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 3ALPHA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; TISSUE EXTRACT;

ACCESSORY SEX GLAND; ANDROGEN METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CELL INFILTRATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATITIS; RAT;

EID: 0242608393     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000096680.26488.a1     Document Type: Article

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