Androgen receptor expression in the human vagina under different physiological and treatment conditions

International Journal of Impotence Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 7-11

  Baldassarre, M ^a,b   Perrone, A M ^a,b   Giannone, F A ^a   Armillotta, F ^a,b   Battaglia, C ^a,b   Costantino, A ^a,b   Venturoli, S ^a,b   Meriggiola, M C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; female to male; testosterone; vagina

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE TO MALE TRANSSEXUAL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VAGINA; VAGINA MUCOSA; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PREMENOPAUSE; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SEX REASSIGNMENT PROCEDURES; TESTOSTERONE; VAGINA;

EID: 84872495527     PISSN: 09559930     EISSN: 14765489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijir.2012.25     Document Type: Article

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