Regulation of ovarian follicular development in primates: Facts and hypotheses

Endocrine Reviews

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 121-155

  Gougeon, Alain ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; CYTOKINE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FOLLISTATIN; GONADOTROPIN RECEPTOR; INHIBIN; SOMATOMEDIN RECEPTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; FEMALE; GROWTH REGULATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONAL REGULATION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW;

EID: 9244261908     PISSN: 0163769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/edrv-17-2-121     Document Type: Review

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