Estradiol, progesterone, testosterone profiles in human follicular fluid and cultured granulosa cells from luteinized pre-ovulatory follicles

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Wen, Xuesong ^a,b,c   Li, Dong ^a,b,c   Tozer, Amanda J ^b   Docherty, Suzanne M ^a,b   Iles, Ray K ^a,b  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GRANULOSA CELL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUTEINIZATION; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; OVULATION; ADULT; CELL SIZE; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CYTOLOGY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICULAR PHASE; METABOLISM; METABOLOME; METHODOLOGY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; CELL SIZE; CELLS, CULTURED; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICULAR FLUID; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GRANULOSA CELLS; HUMANS; LUTEINIZATION; METABOLOME; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 77957684058     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-8-117     Document Type: Article

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