Antiprogestins suppress basal and activin-stimulated follicle- stimulating hormone secretion in an estrogen-dependent manner

Endocrinology

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 2223-2228

  Szabo, Marta ^a   Kilen, Signe M ^a   Saberi, Sara ^a   Ringstrom, Sonia J ^a   Schwartz, Neena B ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; ANTIGESTAGEN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; MIFEPRISTONE; ONAPRISTONE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN RELEASE; GONADOTROPIN SECRETING CELL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; METESTRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; RAT;

EID: 0031765018     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.139.5.6015     Document Type: Article

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