Combined exposure to anti-androgens causes markedly increased frequencies of hypospadias in the rat

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 241-248

  Christiansen, S ^a   Scholze, M ^b   Axelstad, M ^a   Boberg, J ^a   Kortenkamp, A ^b   Hass, U ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor antagonist; Flutamide; Hypospadias; Procymidone; Rat; Vinclozolin

Indexed keywords

FLUTAMIDE; PROCYMIDONE; VINCLOZOLIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOSPADIAS; LACTATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 40349113152     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2008.00866.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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