Pituitary and gonadal responses to the long-term pulsatile administration of gonadotrophin-releasing hormone in fetal sheep

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 385-391

  Thomas, G B ^a,b   Brooks, A N ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; INHIBIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; FETUS; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030913681     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1530385     Document Type: Article

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