Aromatese inhibitor alters streroid hormone concentration in ovarian follicles of laying hen (Gallus domesticus)

Acta Biologica Cracoviensia Series Zoologia

Volumn 46, Issue , 2004, Pages 27-33

  Sechman, Andrzej ^a   Paczoska Eliasiewicz, Helena ^a   Proszkowiec Wȩglarz, Monika ^a   Rza̧sa, Janusz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN KRAKOW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Aromatase inhibitor; Chicken; Follicle; Ovary; Steroid hormone

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749140153     PISSN: 0001530X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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