Morphogenesis of polycystic ovaries as assessed by pituitary-ovarian androgenic function

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 635-643

  Mori, Takahide ^a,b   Nonoguchi, Kousuke ^b   Watanabe, Hirohiko ^b   Ishikawa, Hironobu ^b   Tamura, Izuru ^b   Kinoshita, Katsuji ^b  

^a Doujn Hospital   (Japan)

^b Infertility Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antral follicle count; Folliculogenesis; Hyper LH; Hyperandrogenism; Polycystic ovaries

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; FOLLITROPIN; FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLITORIS HYPERTROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HIRSUTISM; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HYPERANDROGENISM; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEIN LEVENTHAL SYNDROME; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 65649089522     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60007-7     Document Type: Article

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