Ghrelin as a regulator of gonadal function in adult male offsprings exposed to cigarette smoking in utero

Endocrine Regulations

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 141-148

  Saad, A ^a   Abbas, O A ^b  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Port Said University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Fsh; Ghrelin; Lh; Maternal Smoking; Pituitary Gonadal Axis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GHRELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY WEIGHT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GONAD FUNCTION; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; IMMUNOASSAY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MATERNAL SMOKING; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PROGENY; RAT; TESTIS; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HYPOPHYSIS; ORGAN SIZE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GHRELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PITUITARY GLAND; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TESTIS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 77949494308     PISSN: 12100668     EISSN: 13360329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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