Different roles of prepubertal and postpubertal germ cells and sertoli cells in the regulation of serum inhibin B levels

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 83, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 4451-4458

  Andersson, Anna Maria ^a,b   Müller, Jørn ^a   Skakkebæk, Niels E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADOTROPIN; INHIBIN; INHIBIN A; MYELOPID;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GERM CELL; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS FUNCTION;

EID: 0032467978     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.83.12.4451     Document Type: Article

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