Comprehensive review on kisspeptin and its role in reproductive disorders

Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 124-141

  Clarke, Holly ^a   Dhillo, Waljit S ^a   Jayasena, Channa N ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fertility; Gonadotrophins; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Hypothalamus; Kisspeptins

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955507487     PISSN: 2093596X     EISSN: 20935978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3803/EnM.2015.30.2.124     Document Type: Review

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