Endocrinology: Follicle stimulating hormone alone supports follicle growth and oocyte development in gonadotrophin-releasing hormone antagonist-treated monkeys

Human Reproduction

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1995, Pages 1658-1666

  Zelinski wooten, M B ^a   Hutchison, J S ^b   Hess, D L ^a,c   Wolf, D P ^a,c   Stouffer, R L ^a,c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ares Advanced Technology   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Follicular stimulation; GnRH antagonist; In vitro fertilization; Recombinant human FSH; Recombinant human LH

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; ITURELIX; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GRANULOSA CELL; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MACACA; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION INDUCTION; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROGESTERONE RELEASE; RHESUS MONKEY; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA; MACACA; MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0029119040     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a136151     Document Type: Article

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