The emerging role of insulin-like growth factors in testis development and function

Basic and Clinical Andrology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Griffeth, Richard J ^a,b   Bianda, Vanessa ^a,b   Nef, Serge ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

IGF I; IGF II; Insulin; Leydig cells; Sertoli cells; Sex determination; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928165189     PISSN: 20514190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2051-4190-24-12     Document Type: Review

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