Measurement of dimeric inhibin B throughout the human menstrual cycle

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1401-1405

  Groome, Nigel P ^a   Illingworth, Peter J ^b   O'Brien, Martin ^d   Pai, Roger ^c   Rodger, Faye E ^b   Mather, Jennie P ^c   McNeilly, Alan S ^b  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c GENENTECH INC   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN; INHIBIN A; INHIBIN B; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPES; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; FOLLICULAR FLUID; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMANS; INHIBINS; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029944551     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.4.1401     Document Type: Article

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