Progesterone and caspase-3 activation in equine cyclic corpora lutea

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 380-386

  Ferreira Dias, G ^a   Mateus, L ^a   Costa, A S ^a   Sola S ^b   Ramalho, R M ^b   Castro, R E ^b   Rodrigues, C M P ^b  

^a FACULDADE DE MEDICINA VETERINÁRIA   (Portugal)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MEDICINES IMED ULISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HORSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ANIMALS; CASPASE 3; CORPUS LUTEUM; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HORSES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PROGESTERONE;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 34447251468     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2006.00795.x     Document Type: Article

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