Immunohistochemical localization of transforming growth factor-α, epidermal growth factor (EGF), and EGF receptor in the human fetal ovary

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 3073-3076

  Bennett, R A ^a   Osathanondh, R ^a   Yeh, J ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029815341     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.8.3073     Document Type: Article

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