Growth hormone: A reproductive endocrine-paracrine regulator?

Reviews of Reproduction

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 175-182

  Hull, Kerry L ^a   Harvey, Steve ^b  

^a BISHOP'S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

AUTOCRINE EFFECT; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FETUS GROWTH; FOLLITROPIN RELEASE; GAMETOGENESIS; GONAD FUNCTION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; LACTATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; OVULATION; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; STEROIDOGENESIS;

EID: 0033830972     PISSN: 13596004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/ror.0.0050175     Document Type: Review

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