The ovarian life cycle: A contemporary view

Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 5-12

  Suh, Chang Suk ^a   Sonntag, Barbara ^a   Erickson, Gregory F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Luteogenesis; Oogenesis; Ovary; Ovulation; Recruitment selection

Indexed keywords

CORPUS LUTEUM FUNCTION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; REVIEW;

CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; OVULATION;

EID: 0036291693     PISSN: 13899155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012719316332     Document Type: Review

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