In vitro steroidogenesis by dissociated rat follicles, primary to antral, before and after injection of equine chorionic gonadotropin

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1177-1183

  Kishi, Hisashi ^a   Greenwald, Gilbert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; COLLAGENASE; ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; STEROIDOGENESIS; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANIMALS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CRICETINAE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HORSES; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STEROIDS; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0032741428     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod61.5.1177     Document Type: Article

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