Inhibin-B: A likely candidate for the physiologically important form of inhibin in men

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1321-1325

  Illingworth, Peter J ^a   Groome, Nigel P ^b   Byrd, William ^c   Rainey, William E ^c   McNeilly, Alan S ^a   Mather, Jennie P ^d   Bremner, William J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^d GENENTECH INC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUOROIMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SPERM; TESTIS; TESTIS FUNCTION;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GLYCOPROTEIN HORMONES, ALPHA SUBUNIT; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; INHIBINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TESTIS;

UNIDENTIFIED AGENTS;

EID: 0029996034     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.4.1321     Document Type: Article

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