Evidence for steroidogenic luteal cell hypertrophy and hyperplasia during pregnancy in the rat

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 211-217

  Gaytan F ^a,b   Bellido, C ^a   Morales, C ^a   Aguilar, E ^a   Sanchez Criado J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b Universidad de Cordoba   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM FUNCTION; FEMALE; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEAL CELL; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STEROIDOGENESIS;

EID: 0030793140     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1540211     Document Type: Article

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