The respective roles of gonadotrophines on follicular growth and oocyte maturation;Rôles respectifs des gonadotrophines sur la croissance folliculaire et la maturation ovocytaire

Journal de Gynecologie Obstetrique et Biologie de la Reproduction

Volumn 33, Issue 6 II, 2004, Pages

  Hillier, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Follicular development; FSH; LH; Oocyte maturation

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN DERIVATIVE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; LUTEINIZATION; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION INDUCTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; THECA CELL;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; ANOVULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GONADOTROPINS; GRANULOSA CELLS; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OOGENESIS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PRIMATES; THECA CELLS;

EID: 5644262575     PISSN: 03682315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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