Influence of maternal dexamethasone treatment on morphometric characteristics of pituitary GH cells and body weight in near-term rat fetuses

Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 51-56

  Manojlovic Stojanoski M ^a   Nestorovic N ^a   Negic N ^a   Filipovic B ^a   Sosic Jurjevic B ^a   Sekulic M ^a   Milosevic V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Dexamethasone; Fetuses; GH cells; Pregnancy; Rat

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GROWTH HORMONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL DENSITY; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

RATTUS;

EID: 33947282278     PISSN: 02398508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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