New aspects of Leydig cell function

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 424, Issue , 1997, Pages 125-138

  Middendorff, R ^a   Muller D ^a   Paust, H J ^a   Holstein, A F ^a   Davidoff, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LEYDIG CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND MESSENGER; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTIS BLOOD FLOW; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0030664029     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-5913-9_21     Document Type: Article

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