Administration of Dihydrotestosterone to Rhesus Monkeys Inhibits Gonadotropin-Stimulated Ovarian Steroidogenesis

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 860-866

  Zeleznik, Anthony J ^a   Little Ihrig, Lynda ^a   Ramasawamy, Suresh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN RELEASE; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; OVARY FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ANDROGENS; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANIMALS; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE, HUMAN; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MACACA MULATTA; ORGAN SIZE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OVARY; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA; FALLOPIA; MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

EID: 1442303311     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2003-031292     Document Type: Article

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