BACKGROUND. Since prostate cancer (PC) development involves a combination of genetic predisposition and promotional mechanisms, especially the metabolic conversion of testosterone to 5β£ dihydrotestosterone (DHT) by 5β£ reductase, how do mechanisms in man relate to prostate-seminal vesicle (P-SV) tumo
Lobund-Wistar rat model of prostate cancer in man
β Scribed by Pollard, Morris
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 114 KB
- Volume
- 37
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-4137
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