Sexual differentiation of the external genitalia and the timing of puberty in the presence of an antiandrogen in sheep

Endocrinology

Volumn 149, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 4200-4208

  Jackson, Leslie M ^a,b   Timmer, Kathleen M ^a   Foster, Douglas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; ANTIANDROGEN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; FLUTAMIDE; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; GESTATIONAL AGE; GONADECTOMY; MALE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PUBERTY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SHEEP;

ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENITALIA; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL MATURATION; SHEEP; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 47949131693     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2007-1382     Document Type: Article

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