Flow cytometric analysis of granulosa cells from follicular fluid after follicular stimulation

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2211-2214

  De Neubourg, D ^a,c   Robins, A ^b   Fishel, S ^a   Gibbon, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; Follicular fluid; Granulosa cells

Indexed keywords

CD45 ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; OVULATION INDUCTION;

EID: 0029804890     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019078     Document Type: Article

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