Perinatal ethinyl oestradiol alters mammary gland development in male and female Wistar rats

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 385-396

  Mandrup, K R ^a   Hass, U ^a   Christiansen, S ^a   Boberg, J ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruption; Ethinyl oestradiol; Female; Male; Mammary gland; Morphology; Oestrogen; Pre pubertal; Rat; Whole mount; Wistar

Indexed keywords

ETHINYLESTRADIOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; FEMALE; LACTATION DISORDER; LYMPH NODE; MALE; MAMMARY GLAND; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; LACTATION; MALE; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84861455607     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2012.01258.x     Document Type: Article

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