Inhibin, activin, and follistatin in reproductive medicine

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 459-469

  Halvorson, L M ^a   DeCherney, A H ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activin; follistatin; gametogenesis; gonadotropin expression; growth factors; inhibin; ovarian physiology; placental physiology; steroid synthesis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; FOLLISTATIN; INHIBIN;

BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; STEROIDOGENESIS;

EID: 0030053024     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(16)58137-0     Document Type: Review

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