Luteogenesis in cyclic ewes: Echotextural, histological, and functional correlates

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 634-639

  Duggavathi, R ^a   Bartlewski, P M ^a   Pierson, R A ^b   Rawlings, N C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corpus luteum; Corpus luteum function; Ovary; Ovulation; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM FUNCTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUTEAL CELL; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD COAGULATION; CORPUS LUTEUM; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HORMONES; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; OVULATION; PROGESTERONE; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038638189     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.103.016576     Document Type: Article

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