Current concepts of the roles of follicle stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone in folliculogenesis

Human Reproduction

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 188-191

  Hillier, S G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Follicle development; FSH; LH; Ovulation

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ESTROGEN RELEASE; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREPUBERTY; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0028354802     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a138480     Document Type: Review

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