The estrogen receptor family

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 249-254

  Warner, Margaret ^a   Nilsson, Stefan ^b   Gustafsson, Jan Åke ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Karo Bio   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BONE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GENE MUTATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMUNE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MICE; OVARY; PITUITARY GLAND; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032831963     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001703-199906000-00003     Document Type: Article

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