Immunohistochemical localization of androgen receptor in the human ovary throughout the menstrual cycle in relation to oestrogen and progesterone receptor expression

Human Reproduction

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 184-190

  Horie, Kiyoshige ^a   Takakura, Kenji ^a   Fujiwara, Hiroshi ^a   Suginami, Hiroshi ^a   Liao, Shutsung ^a,b   Mori, Takahide ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Corpus luteum; Follicular maturation; Human ovaries; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; THECA CELL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; THECA CELLS;

EID: 0026587410     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a137614     Document Type: Article

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