Ovarian follicle macrophages: Is follicular atresia in the immature rat a macrophage-mediated event?

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 52-59

  Gaytan F ^a   Morales, C ^a   Bellido, C ^a   Aguilar, E ^a   Sanchez Criado J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; MACROPHAGE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STROMA CELL;

AGING; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR ATRESIA; GRANULOSA CELLS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031962998     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod58.1.52     Document Type: Article

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