The time course of follicle-stimulating hormone suppression by recombinant human inhibin A in the adult male rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta)

Endocrinology

Volumn 139, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 3409-3415

  Ramaswamy, S ^a   Pohl, C R ^b   Mcneilly, A S ^c   Winters, S J ^a   Plant, T M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR; INHIBIN A;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FOLLITROPIN RELEASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; LEYDIG CELL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

EID: 0031790282     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.139.8.6125     Document Type: Article

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