Morphological alterations in the prostate stroma of rats submitted to chronic nicotine treatment

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 46-53

  Carvalho, Cesar Alexandre Fabrega ^a,b   Pissolato, Mariana ^b   Candido, Eduardo Marcelo ^a   Liberti, Edson Aparecido ^c   Cagnon, Valéria Helena Alves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b Jundiaí Medical School   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Morphology; Nicotine; Prostate gland; Stroma

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; COLLAGEN; NICOTINE; RATS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UROLOGY;

AFTER-TREATMENT; MICROENVIRONMENTS; MORPHOLOGICAL ALTERATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL SALINE; PROSTATE GLANDS; STROMA; TESTOSTERONE; TYPE-I COLLAGEN; ULTRASTRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; VENTRAL PROSTATE;

MORPHOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84155169035     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.21023     Document Type: Article

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