Participation of adrenomedullin and its relation with vascular endothelial growth factor in androgen regulation of prostatic blood flow in vivo

Urology

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1127-1131

  Shibata, Yasuhiro ^a   Kashiwagi, Bunzo ^a   Arai, Seiji ^a   Magari, Tomohiro ^a   Suzuki, Kazuhiro ^a   Honma, Seijiro ^b  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Teikoku Zoki Seiyaku Medical Company   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAPHRAGM INJURY; FEMALE; FISTULA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ILEUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVER INJURY; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL APPROACH; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; XANTHOGRANULOMATOUS PYELONEPHRITIS;

ADRENOMEDULLIN; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; MALE; PROSTATE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 33750970833     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2006.06.025     Document Type: Article

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