Control of ovarian primordial follicle activation

Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 10-14

  Kim, Jin Yeong ^a  

^a Kwandong University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Folliculogenesis; In vitro activation; Ovarian follicle; Pi3k; Pten

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864596303     PISSN: 22338233     EISSN: 22338241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5653/cerm.2012.39.1.10     Document Type: Review

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