Methods of separation and in-vitro culture of pre-antral follicles from mammalian ovaries

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 236-245

  Roy, Shyamal K ^a   Greenwald, Gilbert S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Follicle; Hamster; Human; In vitro; Mouse; Porcine; Pre antral

Indexed keywords

COLLAGENASE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; FOLLITROPIN; GLUCOSE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERMINAL VESICLE; GRANULOSA CELL; HAMSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GRANULOSA CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; RATS; SWINE;

EID: 0029855379     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/2.3.236     Document Type: Review

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