Changes in testosterone and dihydrotestosterone levels in male rat accessory sex organs, serum, and seminal fluid after castration: Establishment of a new highly sensitive simultaneous androgen measurement method

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 586-591

  Kashiwagi, Bunzo ^a   Shibata, Yasuhiro ^a   Ono, Yoshihiro ^a   Suzuki, Ryota ^b   Honma, Seijiro ^b   Suzuki, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Grelan Pharmaceutical Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hormone; LC MS MS; Prostate; Seminal vesicles

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ACCESSORY SEX ORGAN; ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE BIOPSY; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RAT; RELIABILITY; SEMINAL PLASMA; SEMINAL VESICLE; TECHNIQUE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TISSUE LEVEL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; CASTRATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROSTATE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEMEN; SEMINAL VESICLES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 23844461753     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.04164     Document Type: Article

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