Effect of hypothyroidism on ovarian follicular development, granulosa cell proliferation and peripheral hormone levels in the prepubertal rat

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 134, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 649-654

  Dijkstra, Grietje ^a   De Rooij, Dirk G ^a   De Jong, Frank H ^b   Van Den Hurk, Robert ^a,c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; THYROTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; HYPOTHYROIDISM; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RAT;

EID: 0029979912     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1340649     Document Type: Article

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