Activating mutations in the luteinizing hormone receptor gene: A human model of non-follicle-stimulating hormone-dependent inhibin production and germ cell maturation

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 3041-3047

  Soriano Guillen, Leandro ^a,b   Mitchell, Valerie ^c   Carel, Jean Claude ^a   Barbet, Patrick ^a   Roger, Marc ^a   Lahlou, Najiba ^a,d  

^a Institut Cochin   (France)

^b HOSPITAL INFANTIL UNIVERSITARIO NIÑO JESÚS   (Spain)

^c LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d HÔPITAL SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; HORMONE ANTAGONIST; INHIBIN B; KETOCONAZOLE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG ACTIVITY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GERM CELL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGONIUM; STAINING; TESTIS BIOPSY;

EID: 33747691616     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2005-2564     Document Type: Article

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