Prostate - Fetuses and Adults - Normal and Pathologic

• Periprostatic Venous Plexus. In: Atlas of Angiography: An Anatomical Approach. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, USA, pp. 672-679, 1997.
• Analyse de la croissance prostatique au cours de la période foetale humaine. Progrès en Urologie, 8: 1054-1057, 1998.
• Stromal modifications in benign prostatic hyperplasia as evidenced by glycosaminoglycan composition. Brazilian Journal of Urology, 26: 630-634, 2000.
• Stereological analysis of histologic components in transition zone of normal and hyperplastic human prostates. Brazilian Journal of Urology, 27: 26-31, 2001.
• Quantitative morphological changes of the prostate epithelium in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia. Brazilian Journal of Urology, 27: 348-352, 2001.
• Stromal and acinar components of the transition zone in normal and hyperplastic human prostate. BJU International, 89: 699-702, 2002. [ 186 kb]
• Prostatic epithelial and luminal area in the transition zone acini. Morphometric analysis in normal and hyperplastic human prostate. BJU International, 92: 592-596, 2003. [ 292 kb]
• Increased and localized accumulation of chondroitin sulphate proteoglycans in the hyperplastic human prostate. BJU International, 93: 532-538, 2004. [ 502 kb]
• Volumetric density of elastic and reticular fibers in the transition zone of controls and patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia. Urology, 64: 693-697, 2004. [ 270 kb]
• Structural organization of fibrous connective tissue in the periacinar region of the transitional zone from normal human prostates as revealed by scanning electron microscopy. BJU Int, 100:940-4, 2007. [ 179 kb]
• Changes in extracellular matrix components of the hyperplastic prostate compared to the transitional zone of the normal gland. Urology - In Press.
• Structural and Ontogenetic Study of the Urachus in Human Fetuses. Cells Tissues Organs. 2009 Nov 17. (doi: 10.1159/000258785)
• The prostate of weaned pups is altered by maternal malnutrition during lactation in rats. Asian J Androl. 69: 1-7; 2009. [ 294 kb] (doi:10.1038/aja.2009.69)