Effects of steroids on oxytocin secretion by the human prostate in vitro

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 12-18

  Assinder, S J ^a   Nicholson, H D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Dihydrotestosterone; Human; Oestrogen; Oxytocin; Prostate; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; CYPROTERONE ACETATE; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; OXYTOCIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLANT; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCUBATION TIME; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; OXYTOCIN BLOOD LEVEL; OXYTOCIN RELEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE FLUID; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; CYPROTERONE ACETATE; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYTOCIN; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0842287246     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2004.00439.x     Document Type: Article

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