The development of gonadotropin and steroid hormone patterns in male and female hamsters from birth to puberty

Endocrinology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 1979, Pages 960-966

  Vomachka, Archie J ^a,b   Greenwald, Gilbert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; RADIOISOTOPE;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; INFANT; NEWBORN; NORMAL VALUE; PUBERTY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

AGING; ANDROGENS; ANIMAL; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HAMSTERS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; SEX FACTORS; SEX MATURATION; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0018696670     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo-105-4-960     Document Type: Article

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