Steroid secretion by sexually immature rat and rabbit testes perfused in vitro

Endocrinology

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 1981, Pages 1999-2003

  Chubb, Curtis ^a   Ewing, Larry L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE; ANDROGEN; STEROID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; RAT; TESTIS; THEORETICAL STUDY; AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PERFUSION; RABBIT; SEXUAL MATURATION;

AGING; ANDROGENS; ANIMAL; IN VITRO; MALE; PERFUSION; PROGESTERONE; RABBITS; RATS; SEX MATURATION; STEROIDS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TESTIS;

EID: 0019756014     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo-109-6-1999     Document Type: Article

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