Androgen-dependent morphology of prostates and seminal vesicles in the Hershberger assay: Evaluation of immunohistochemical and morphometric parameters

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 247-253

  Nishino, Tsuyuki ^a   Wedel, Thilo ^b   Schmitt, Oliver ^c   Bühlmeyer, Katja ^a   Schönfelder, Martin ^a   Hirtreiter, Christian ^d   Schulz, Thorsten ^a   Kühnel, Wolfgang ^b   Michna, Horst ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Androgenic reactions; Densitometry; Morphometry; Proliferation markers; Prostate; Seminal vesicle

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PHYTOESTROGEN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; ORGAN WEIGHT; PROSTATE; RAT; SEMINAL VESICLE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STAINING;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 3042775288     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0940-9602(04)80011-6     Document Type: Article

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