Regulation of follicular luteinization by a gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist: Relationship between steroidogenesis and apoptosis

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 287-294

  Andreu, Claudia ^a   Parborell, Fernanda ^a   Vanzulli, Silvia ^c   Chemes, Hector ^d   Tesone, Marta ^a,b,e  

^a Universidad Nacional del Litoral   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c ACADEMIA NACIONAL DE MEDICINA   (Argentina)

^d Ctro de Invest Endocrinologicas   (Argentina)

^e INST DE BIOL Y MED EXPERIMENTAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Follicular luteinization; GnRH a; Ovary; Steroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; EQUINE CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN AGONIST; LEUPRORELIN; NOVORMON; PROGESTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; STEROIDOGENESIS; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; LEUPROLIDE; LUTEAL PHASE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 0031719266     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199811)51:3<287::AID-MRD8>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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