Induction of superovulation in cyclic rats by administration of decreasing doses of recombinant follicle stimulating hormone (Org32489)

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 224-230

  Van Cappellen, W A ^a   Kramer, P ^a   Van Leeuwen, E C M ^a   De Leeuw, R ^b   De Jong, F H ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NV ORGANON   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adult rat; Follicle development; FSH; Recombinant FSH; Superovulation

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; DIESTRUS; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION INDUCTION; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; SUPEROVULATION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030892953     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.2.224     Document Type: Article

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