Atresia of large ovarian follicles of the rat

Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-50

  Tabarowski, Zbigniew ^a   Szołtys, Maria ^a   Bik, Małgorzata ^a   Słomczyńska, Maria ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Hyperprolactinemia; Preovulatory follicles; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; PREGNANCY; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 14844327551     PISSN: 02398508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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