The common fetal development of the mammary fat pad and gubernaculum

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 378-383

  Allnutt, Benjamin ^a,c   Buraundi, Silverton ^a   Farmer, Pamela ^a,c   Southwell, Bridget R ^a,c   Hutson, John M ^a,b,c   Balic, Adam ^a,c  

^a MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Gubernaculum; Mammary fat pad; Mammary line; Testicular descent

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; DESMIN; JAGGED1; KI 67 ANTIGEN; NOTCH1 RECEPTOR; PROCOLLAGEN PROLINE 2 OXOGLUTARATE 4 DIOXYGENASE; PROLYL 4 HYDROXYLASE BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FIBROBLAST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAMMARY GLAND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL ORGAN MATURITY; HUMANS; INGUINAL CANAL; LIGAMENTS; MALE; MAMMARY GLANDS, HUMAN; MODELS, ANIMAL; RATS; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SCROTUM; TESTIS;

EID: 79551585448     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2010.11.019     Document Type: Article

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