The antiandrogen flutamide perturbs inguinoscrotal testicular descent in the rat and suggests a link with mammary development

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2330-2334

  Nation, Tamara ^a,c   Balic, Adam ^a,c   Buraundi, Silverton ^a   Farmer, Pamela ^a   Newgreen, Don ^a   Southwell, Bridget ^a,c   Hutson, John ^a,b,c  

^a MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anti androgen; Cryptorchidism; Gubernaculum; Mammary bud; Undescended testis

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; DESMIN; FLUTAMIDE; KI 67 ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; MESENCHYME; MUSCLE CELL; NERVE CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TESTIS DESCENT;

ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL DIVISION; CELL MOVEMENT; CRYPTORCHIDISM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FLUTAMIDE; HUMANS; INGUINAL CANAL; MALE; MAMMARY GLANDS, HUMAN; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCROTUM; TESTIS;

EID: 71649096426     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2009.07.072     Document Type: Article

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