The modulation of gonadotrophic hormone action on the ovary by paracrine and autocrine factors

Anatomia, Histologia, Embryologia

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 247-251

  Campbell, B K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

GONADOTROPIN; GROWTH PROMOTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; OVARY; SHEEP; THECA CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; GONADOTROPINS; GRANULOSA CELLS; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; OVARY; SHEEP; THECA CELLS;

EID: 0033176447     PISSN: 03402096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0264.1999.00200.x     Document Type: Article

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