Differential effects of estradiol, progesterone, and testosterone on vaginal structural integrity

Endocrinology

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-69

  Pessina, Monica A ^a   Hoyt Jr , Richard F ^a   Goldstein, Irwin ^a   Traish, Abdulmaged M ^a,b  

^a Institute for Sexual Medicine   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADRENERGIC NERVE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; EPITHELIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEREOLOGY; VAGINA;

ANIMALS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ESTRADIOL; ESTRUS; FEMALE; NERVE FIBERS; OVARIECTOMY; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TESTOSTERONE; VAGINA;

EID: 29344452196     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2005-0870     Document Type: Article

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