Programmed cell death in the reproductive system

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 644-661

  Gosden, Roger ^a,c   Spears, Norah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; HORMONE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; SEX HORMONE;

APOPTOSIS; BREAST; CASTRATION; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOTOXICITY; ENDOMETRIUM; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENITAL SYSTEM; GONAD; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS; LACTATION; LUTEOLYSIS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; REVIEW; TISSUE GROWTH; UTERUS;

EID: 0030853135     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bmb.a011636     Document Type: Review

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