Ovarian autografts in sheep as a model for studying folliculogenesis

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 163, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 131-139

  Campbell, Bruce K ^a   Telfer, Evelyn E ^b   Webb, Robert ^c   Baird, David T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Follicle; Folliculogenesis; Gonadotrophin; Ovarian failure; Preantral; Primordial; Sheep

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AUTOGRAFT; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; HORMONAL REGULATION; ISCHEMIA; NONHUMAN; OVARY DISEASE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHEEP; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0034713156     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(00)00217-3     Document Type: Article

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