Are estradiol-producing cells incompletely endowed? a chronicle of the emergence of certitude from conjecture

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 147-172

  Lieberman, Seymour ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; ESTRADIOL;

CELL FUNCTION; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST;

EID: 0029980417     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: 1423002X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000292262     Document Type: Article

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