Plasma concentrations of testosterone and dihydrotestosterone during perinatal development in male and female ferrets

Endocrinology

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1982, Pages 767-772

  Erskine, M S ^a   Baum, M J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CARNIVORA; FEMALE; FERRET; FETUS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CARNIVORA; FEMALE; FERRETS; FETUS; MALE; PREGNANCY; SEX BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; STANOLONE; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0020186651     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo-111-3-767     Document Type: Article

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