Effects of Long-Term Dietary Soy Treatment on Female Urethral Morphology and Function in Ovariectomized Nonhuman Primates

Journal of Urology

Volumn 180, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2247-2253

  Gratzke, Christian ^a,b   Jarajapu, Yagna P R ^a   Christ, George J ^a   Kaplan, Jay R ^a   Williams, J Koudy ^a   Andersson, Karl Erik ^a   Badlani, Gopal ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

female; Macaca fascicularis; soy foods; urethra; urinary incontinence, stress

Indexed keywords

CARBACHOL; ENDOTHELIN 1; PHENYLEPHRINE; PHYTOESTROGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HISTOLOGY; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOYBEAN; URETHRA;

ANIMALS; CARBACHOL; DIETARY PROTEINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; OVARIECTOMY; PHENYLEPHRINE; PROBABILITY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOYBEAN PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; URETHRA;

EID: 53249121458     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.07.021     Document Type: Article

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