Physiological action of progesterone in target tissues

Endocrine Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 502-519

  Dinny Graham, J ^a,b   Clarke, Christine L ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; GROWTH REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE RELEASE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; BRAIN; BREAST; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; OVARY; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; UTERUS;

EID: 8544252436     PISSN: 0163769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/er.18.4.502     Document Type: Review

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