Endocrine and local control of the primate corpus luteum

Reproductive Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 259-271

  Stouffer, Richard L ^a,b   Bishop, Cecily V ^a   Bogan, Randy L ^a   Xu, Fuhua ^a   Hennebold, Jon D ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

LH CG; Luteinization; Luteolysis; Luteolytic factors; Luteotropic factors

Indexed keywords

PRIMATES;

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; KISSPEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LH-CG; LUTEINIZATION; LUTEOLYSIS; LUTEOLYTIC FACTORS; LUTEOTROPIC FACTORS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRIMATE; REVIEW; VASCULARIZATION;

LH-CG; LUTEINIZATION; LUTEOLYSIS; LUTEOLYTIC FACTORS; LUTEOTROPIC FACTORS;

ANIMALS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; KISSPEPTINS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; LUTEOLYSIS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PREGNANCY; PRIMATES; PROGESTERONE;

EID: 84888248596     PISSN: 1642431X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.repbio.2013.08.002     Document Type: Review

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