Morphometric and ultrastructural analysis of human granulosa cells after gonadotrophin-releasing hormone agonist or antagonist

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 625-633

  Centurione, L ^a   Giampietro, F ^a   Sancilio, S ^a   Piccirilli, M ^a   Artese, L ^a   Tiboni, G M ^a   Di Pietro, Roberta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; GnRH agonist; GnRH antagonist; Granulosa cells; Morphometric analysis

Indexed keywords

CETRORELIX; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; GONASI; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; TRIPTORELIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR ASPIRATION; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MORPHOMETRICS; OVARIAN STIMULATION; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHARMACOLOGICAL STIMULATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STEROIDOGENESIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE;

EID: 77952876362     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2010.02.009     Document Type: Article

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