Urinary steroids, FSH and CG measurements for monitoring the ovarian cycle and pregnancy in the chimpanzee

Journal of Medical Primatology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-22

  Shimizu, Keiko ^a   Douke, Chisato ^a   Fujita, Shiho ^a   Matsuzawa, Tetsuro ^a   Tomonaga, Masaki ^a   Tanaka, Masayuki ^a   Matsubayashi, Kiyoaki ^a   Hayashi, Motoharu ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

E1C; Gonadotropin; Ovulation; Pan troglodytes; PdG; Pregnancy monitoring; Stillbirth

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRONE; FOLLITROPIN; GLUCURONIDE; PREGNANEDIOL; STEROID HORMONE;

ARTICLE; BREEDING METHOD; BREEDING SUCCESS; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GESTATION PERIOD; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; STEROID URINE LEVEL; STILLBIRTH; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRONE; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; LACTATION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PREGNANEDIOL;

PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTES; UNIDENTIFIED AGENTS;

EID: 0038445249     PISSN: 00472565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0684.2003.01039.x     Document Type: Article

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