Follistatin concentrations in maternal and fetal fluids during the oestrous cycle, gestation and parturition in merino sheep

Reproduction

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 259-265

  McFarlane, J R ^a   Xia, Y ^a   O'Shea, T ^a   Hayward, S ^a   O'Connor, A E ^a   de Kretser, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; BINDING PROTEIN; FOLLISTATIN; ISOPROTEIN;

AMNION FLUID; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILDBIRTH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; MEASUREMENT; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SHEEP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0036051823     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/rep.0.1240259     Document Type: Article

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