The roles of inhibin and related peptides in gonadal function

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 161, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 43-46

  De Kretser, D M ^a   Meinhardt, A ^b   Meehan, T ^a   Phillips, D J ^a   O'Bryan, M K ^a   Loveland, K A ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activin; Follistatin; FSH; Inhibin; LH; Sertoli cell; Testis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; FOLLISTATIN; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; INHIBIN; INHIBIN A; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MYELOPID; PEPTIDE; TESTOSTERONE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; FOLLITROPIN RELEASE; GERM CELL; GONAD FUNCTION; HUMAN; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL; SOMATIC CELL; TESTIS;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADS; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; INHIBINS; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND;

EID: 0034732126     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(99)00222-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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