Androgen receptor modulation does not affect longitudinal growth of cultured fetal rat metatarsal bones

Hormone Research

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 219-227

  Chagin, Andrei S ^a,b   Vannesjö, Johanna ^a   Sävendahl, Lars ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth plate cartilage and chondrocytes; Oxandrolone; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; FLUTAMIDE; OXANDROLONE; SOMATOMEDIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE GROWTH; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; MALE; METATARSAL BONE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMALS; BONE DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETUS; FLUTAMIDE; MALE; METATARSAL BONES; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; OXANDROLONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 61349172533     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000201111     Document Type: Article

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