Developmental pattern of testosterone synthesis by fetal rat testes in response to luteinizing hormone

Endocrinology

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 1978, Pages 999-1007

  Feldman, Susan C ^a,b   Bloch, Eric ^a,b  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; RADIOISOTOPE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; DEVELOPMENT; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; RAT; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE H 3;

ANIMAL; GESTATIONAL AGE; IN VITRO; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; RATS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0018192502     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo-102-4-999     Document Type: Article

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