Oocyte-Granulosa Cell Interactions

The Ovary: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 131-143

  Salustri, Antonietta ^a   Fulop, Csaba ^b   Hascall, Vincent C ^b   Camaioni, Antonella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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