Circulating levels of follistatin from puberty to menopause

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 472-476

  Kettel, L M ^a   Apter, D ^a   DePaolo, L V ^a   Ling, N ^a   Morales, A J ^a   Yen, S S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

activin; Follistatin; inhibin; menopause; menstrual cycle; Nal Glu GnRH antagonist; puberty

Indexed keywords

FOLLISTATIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; MALE; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; OVARY DISEASE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PUBERTY;

EID: 0030059732     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(16)58139-4     Document Type: Article

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