Nitric oxide modulates human chorionic gonadotropin-induced ovulation in the rabbit

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 548-552

  Hesla, John S ^a,b,c   Preutthipan, Sangchai ^a,b,d   Maguire, Michael P ^a,b   Chang, Thomas S K ^a,b   Wallach, Edward E ^a,b   Dharmarajan, Arunasalam M ^a,b,e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics ^*

^c National Foundation for Fertility Research   (United States)

^d MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Nitric oxide; ovary; ovulation; rabbit

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEAL PHASE; NONHUMAN; OVULATION INDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEREOSPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031028698     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)80084-2     Document Type: Article

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