Functional Maturation of Rat Testis Leydig Cells

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 438, Issue 1, 1984, Pages 283-303

  HUHTANIEMI, ILPO T ^a   WARREN, DWIGHT W ^b   CATT, KEVIN J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; DIAGNOSIS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; LEYDIG CELL; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; INFANT; KINETICS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ALDEHYDE LYASES; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; LYASE; STEROID; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALDEHYDE-LYASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTROGENS; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; INFANT; KINETICS; MALE; PROGESTATIONAL HORMONES; SEX MATURATION; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; STEROIDS; TESTIS;

EID: 0021647247     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1984.tb38293.x     Document Type: Article

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