Neuropeptide Y in the human prenatal and mature gonads

Neuropeptides

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 293-301

  Jorgensen J Ch ^a,b,d   Giwercman, A ^a   Ottesen, B ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^d NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE Y;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; GONAD; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029819120     PISSN: 01434179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-4179(96)90075-X     Document Type: Article

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