FSH isoforms: Bio and immuno-activities in post-menopausal and normal menstruating women

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 181-189

  Creus, Silvina ^a   Pellizzari, Eliana ^a   Cigorraga, Selva B ^a   Campo, Stella ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE NIÑOS RICARDO GUTIÉRREZ   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MENOPAUSE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 0030033283     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1996.646467.x     Document Type: Article

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