Effects of short-term treatment of a gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist on the follicular development and gonadotropin secretion in the rat

Endocrine Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 299-310

  Krishna, A ^a   Srivastava, R K ^a   Sridaran, R ^a  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; LUTRELIN; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN RELEASE; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; OSMOTIC MINIPUMP; OVARY CYCLE; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0029757422     PISSN: 07435800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07435809609030514     Document Type: Article

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