Follicle-stimulating isohormones: Characterization and physiological relevance

Endocrine Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 765-787

  Ulloa Aguirre, Alfredo ^a   Midgley, A Rees ^b   Beitins, Inese Z ^b,c   Padmanabhan, Vasantha ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN;

DRUG ACTIVITY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE CONTROL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; OVARY CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REVIEW;

FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONES; HUMAN; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PITUITARY GLAND; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0028845654     PISSN: 0163769X     EISSN: 0163769X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/edrv-16-6-765     Document Type: Article

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