Loratadine exerts estrogen-like effects and disrupts penile development in the mouse

Journal of Urology

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 723-726

  Willingham, Emily ^a   Agras, Koray ^a   Vilela, Marcelo ^a   Baskin, Laurence S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen antagonists; Estrogens; Hypospadias; Loratadine; Receptors; Steroid

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; LORATADINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEEDING; FEMALE; HYPOSPADIAS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PENIS; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; URETHRA;

ANIMALS; HISTAMINE H1 ANTAGONISTS, NON-SEDATING; LORATADINE; MALE; MICE; PENIS;

EID: 30344470507     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)00188-6     Document Type: Article

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