The human ovarian granulosa cell: A stereological approach

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 671-676

  Dhar, A ^a   Dockery, P ^b   Oamit, W S ^a   Turner, K ^c   Lenton, E A ^c   Cooke, I D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c Sheffield Fertility Centre   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

In vitro fertilisation; Ovary; Selector; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VOLUME; ENDOCRINE CELL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIPID COMPOSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOLOGY;

CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELLS; HUMANS; METHODS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON;

EID: 0029815218     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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