Effect of prenatal exposure to diethylstilbestrol on gubernacular development in fetal male mice

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 325-329

  Jiang, Xue Wu ^a   Li, Jian Hong ^b   Huang, Tian Hua ^b   Deng, Wang Dong ^a  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b SUMC   (China)

Author keywords

Diethylstilbestrol; Estrogen; Gubernaculum

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CYCLINE; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; FETUS; FETUS MORTALITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESENCHYME; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; MUSCLE FIBRIL; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS DISEASE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PREGNANCY; TESTIS;

EID: 10644276253     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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