Endocrine and paracrine regulation of cumulus expansion

Zygote

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 313-315

  Salustri, Antonietta ^a   Camaioni, Antonella ^a   D'Alessandris, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; HYALURONIC ACID; UROKINASE;

ANIMAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG EFFECT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CYCLIC AMP; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPINS; GRANULOSA CELLS; HYALURONIC ACID; OOCYTES; URINARY PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 0030276298     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967199400003312     Document Type: Article

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