The effects of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and its metabolites on the polycystic ovarian condition (PCO): Cystogenic changes of rat granulosa cells in vitro

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 673-685

  Anderson, E ^a   Lee, G Y ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Dehydroepiandrosterone; Estrogen; Granulosa cells; Polycystic ovary; Progesterone; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIOL; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTROGEN; PRASTERONE; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; HORMONE RELEASE; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; SMOOTH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; STEROIDOGENESIS;

EID: 0030461282     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-8166(96)80071-1     Document Type: Article

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