Development of human primordial follicles to antral stages in SCID/hpg mice stimulated with follicle stimulating hormone

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1133-1138

  Oktay, K ^a,b   Newton, H ^a   Mullan, J ^a   Gosden, R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Follicle growth; Ovary; PCNA; SCID mouse; Xenograft

Indexed keywords

CYCLINE; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; UROFOLLITROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOGONADISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY CAPSULE; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION INDUCTION; SCID MOUSE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; XENOGRAFT;

ANIMALIA; FALLOPIA;

EID: 0031864931     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.5.1133     Document Type: Article

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