Luteal regression in the primate: Different forms of cell death during natural and gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonist or prostaglandin analogue-induced luteolysis

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1468-1479

  Fraser, H M ^a   Lunn, S F ^a   Harrison, D J ^b   Kerr, J B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL DEATH; CELL INCLUSION; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; LIPID STORAGE; LUTEAL CELL; LUTEOLYSIS; MARMOSET; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; FALLOPIA; MARMOSETS; PRIMATES;

EID: 0032731035     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod61.6.1468     Document Type: Article

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