Masculinization of the Distal Tubular and External Genitalia in Female Sheep With Prenatal Androgen Exposure

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 546-551

  Lamm, C G ^a   Hastie, P M ^a   Evans, N P ^b   Robinson, J E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

5 dihydrotestosterone; androgen; disorder of sexual differentiation; hermaphrodite; pseudohermaphrodite; sheep; testosterone propionate

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GONADAL DISEASE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SHEEP;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SHEEP; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE; VIRILISM;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84860470386     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: 15442217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0300985811419533     Document Type: Article

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