Initial and cyclic recruitment of ovarian follicles

Endocrine Reviews

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 200-214

  McGee, Elizabeth A ^a,c   Hsueh, Aaron J W ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GRANULOSA CELL; HORMONAL REGULATION; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY CYCLE; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FUNCTION; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AGING; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR ATRESIA; HUMANS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0034453103     PISSN: 0163769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/er.21.2.200     Document Type: Review

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