Testosterone supplementation's effects on age-related bladder remodeling-experimental study in rats

Aging Male

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 102-107

  De Barros, Charles Alberto Villacorta ^a   Lorenzetti, Fábio ^a   Ortiz, Valdemar ^a   Dambros, Miriam ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aging; Bladder; Rats; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER; TESTOSTERONE UNDECANOATE;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; FIBROSIS; HYPOGONADISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGE FACTORS; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; FIBROSIS; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; MODELS, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TESTOSTERONE; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 84883567245     PISSN: 13685538     EISSN: 14730790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13685538.2013.807426     Document Type: Article

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