The activity of 17α-hydroxylase/C17-C20 lyase in the ovaries of immature hypophysectomized rats treated with recombinant FSH combined with various doses of human chorionic gonadotropin

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 137, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 530-536

  Okuda, Kiyoji ^a   Okazaki, Tadashi ^a   Saeki, Michio ^a   Mori, Hiroshi ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; STEROID 17,20 LYASE; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; TESTOSTERONE; FOLLITROPIN; HORMONE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEROIDOGENESIS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HORMONES; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE;

EID: 0030608854     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1370530     Document Type: Article

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