Paradoxical action of activin A on folliculogenesis in immature and adult mice

Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 4572-4576

  Yokota, Hidemi ^a   Yamada, Kiyohiko ^a   Liu, Xiaowei ^a   Kobayashi, Junro ^a   Abe, Yumiko ^a   Mizunuma, Hideki ^a   Ibuki, Yoshito ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; FOLLITROPIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL MATURITY;

EID: 0030827582     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.138.11.5526     Document Type: Article

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