Development of the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 816, Issue , 1997, Pages 9-21

  Apter, Dan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Finnish Student Health Service   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANDROGEN RELEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; ESTROGEN RELEASE; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; PUBERTY; PULSE GENERATOR; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; STEROIDOGENESIS;

EID: 0030790546     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb52125.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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