The role of growth hormone in fetal mouse reproductive tract differentiation

Endocrinology

Volumn 137, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 3659-3666

  Nguyen, Aline P ^a   Chandorkar, Aarati ^a   Gupta, Chhanda ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; GENITAL SYSTEM; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0029833982     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.137.9.8756530     Document Type: Article

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