Growth hormone and its receptor in human ovaries from fetuses and adults

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 90, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2008, Pages 1333-1339

  Abir, Ronit ^a   Garor, Roni ^a   Felz, Carmela ^a   Nitke, Shmuel ^a   Krissi, Haim ^a   Fisch, Benjamin ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

GH; GH R; human ovaries; immunocytochemistry; in situ hybridization

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STROMA CELL;

ABORTED FETUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHILD; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; OOCYTES; OVARY;

EID: 52949099185     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.08.011     Document Type: Article

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