Estrogen and ghrelin increase number of submucosal urethral and anal canal blood vessels in ovariectomized rats

Urology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1343-1348

  Rizk, Diaa E E ^a   Hassan, Hazem A ^b   Ramadan, Gaber A ^b   Shafiullah, Mohamed ^b   Fahim, Mohamed A ^b  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; FORMALDEHYDE; GHRELIN; HEMATOXYLIN; PARAFFIN;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANUS; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD VESSEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MENOPAUSE; MICROSCOPY; MUCOSA; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; URETHRA;

ANAL CANAL; ANIMALS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; OVARIECTOMY; PEPTIDE HORMONES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; URETHRA;

EID: 29144443558     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2005.06.113     Document Type: Article

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