Differentiation of leydig cell precursors in vitro: A role for androgen

Endocrinology

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 1990, Pages 488-490

  Hardy, Matthew P ^a   Kelce, William R ^a   Klinefelter, Gary R ^a,b   Ewing, Larry L ^a  

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

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; RADIOISOTOPE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TESTIS;

ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; LEYDIG CELLS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; STANOLONE; STEM CELLS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0025333015     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo-127-1-488     Document Type: Article

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