Serum concentrations of relaxin, chorionic gonadotropin, estradiol-17β, and progesterone during the reproductive cycle of the chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)

Endocrinology

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 1992, Pages 3601-3607

  Steinetz, Bernard G ^a   Randolph, Carla ^a   James Mahoney, C ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; RELAXIN;

ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ANIMAL; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROGESTERONE; REFERENCE VALUES; RELAXIN; SWINE;

EID: 0026689766     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.130.6.1597157     Document Type: Article

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