Induction of apoptosis by a gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist during early pregnancy in the rat

Apoptosis

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-57

  Sridaran, R ^a   Hisheh, S ^b   Dharmarajan, A M ^b  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bax; Bcl x; Corpus luteum; GnRH; Rat

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001934589     PISSN: 13608185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009611203705     Document Type: Article

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