title: [Development of the human prostate during the first stages of fetal life. Morphometric study].
abstract: The initial prostatic development was investigated here with morphometric methods. Five male human fetuses, ranging in crown-rump length from 50 to 92 mm (foetal age 9 to 12.5 weeks) were studied. The morphometric analysis underline the importance of the prostatic mesenchyme and the later growth of the epithelial buds. Some reconstructions showed a crescent-shaped disposition of the supra-deferentials buds, according to the actual hypothesis about a "preprostatic" zone.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Anatomie Pathologique, C.H.U. Bichat, Paris.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Dauge
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Delmas
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Mandarim de Lacerda
mesh_terms: D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011467:Prostate / Q000196:embryology* / Q000254:growth & development
vernacular_title: Contribution à l'étude du développement de la prostate humaine aux premiers stades de la période foetale. Etude morphométrique.