Induction of hypospadias in a murine model by maternal exposure to synthetic estrogens

Environmental Research

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 267-275

  Kim, Kun Suk ^a   Torres Jr , Carlos R ^a   Yucel, Selcuk ^a   Raimondo, Kamakshi ^a   Cunha, Gerald R ^a   Baskin, Laurence S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocrine disrupters; Estrogen; Genital anomalies; Hypospadias; Murine model

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; HISTOLOGY; POLLUTION EFFECT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETUS; HISTOLOGY; HYPOSPADIAS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URETHRA; UTRICLE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ESTRADIOL CONGENERS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HYPOSPADIAS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

MURINAE;

EID: 1542351641     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-9351(03)00085-9     Document Type: Article

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