Effect of growth hormone releasing hormone on luteinizing hormone stimulated progestin biosynthesis in cultured rat ovarian granulosa cells

Gynecological Endocrinology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 307-313

  Kotani, E ^a   Usuki, S ^a   Kubo, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Granulosa cells; Growth hormone releasing hormone; Luteinizing hormone; Progestin

Indexed keywords

20ALPHA DIHYDROPROGESTERONE; CYCLIC AMP; GESTAGEN; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; SERIC GONADOTROPIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0031774629     PISSN: 09513590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09513599809012831     Document Type: Article

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