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EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY

The unique expression profile of the androgen receptor gene in a rat model of neonatal cardiac hypertrophy

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Pages 142-144 | Received 07 Nov 2005, Accepted 15 Dec 2005, Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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