Spermatogenesis without gonadotropins: Maintenance has a lower testosterone threshold than initiation

Endocrinology

Volumn 140, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 3938-3946

  Handelsman, David J ^a,b   Spaliviero, Jennifer A ^a   Simpson, Julie M ^a   Allan, Charles M ^a   Singh, Jaskirat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENOTYPE; GERM CELL; HISTOLOGY; HOMOZYGOTE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE DEPENDENCE; IMPLANT; MALE; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS WEIGHT;

EID: 0033304579     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.140.9.6958     Document Type: Article

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