Gonadotrophs in long-term ovariectomized rat females treated with luteinizing hormone releasing hormone and estradiol

Acta Veterinaria

Volumn 49, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 117-126

  Lovren, Mirjana ^a   Sekulić, Milka ^a   Milošević, Verica ^a   Radulović, Nataša ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

EDP; Gonadotrophic cells; Immunohistochemistry; LHRH; Ovariectomy; Stereology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348238891     PISSN: 05678315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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