Recombinant human inhibin-A administered early in the menstrual cycle alters concurrent pituitary and follicular, plus subsequent luteal, function in rhesus monkeys

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 4002-4006

  Molskness, Theodore A ^a   Woodruff, Teresa K ^b,d   Hess, David L ^a   Dahl, Kristine D ^c,e   Stouffer, Richard L ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GENENTECH INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Precise Diagnostics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM FUNCTION; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RHESUS MONKEY; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMANS; INHIBINS; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MACACA MULATTA; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PITUITARY GLAND; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0029821373     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.11.4002     Document Type: Article

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