Adrenocorticotropic hormone, a new player in the control of testicular steroidogenesis

Endocrinology

Volumn 144, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 3277-3278

  Calikoglu, Ali S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE; THYROTROPIN;

CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; LEYDIG CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SHORT SURVEY; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; STEROIDS; TESTIS;

EID: 0042816555     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2003-0618     Document Type: Short Survey

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