Circulating concentrations of dimeric inhibin A and B in the male rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta)

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2617-2621

  Plant, T M ^a   Padmanabhan, V ^e   Ramaswamy, S ^a   McConnell, D S ^b   Winters, S J ^a   Groome, N ^c   Midgley Jr , A R ^b   McNeilly, A S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e S330 Biomedical Science Tower ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOLLITROPIN RELEASE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RHESUS MONKEY;

ANIMALIA; MACACA MULATTA;

EID: 0030799972     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.82.8.2617     Document Type: Article

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