OESTRADIOL PRODUCTION BY HUMAN GRAAFIAN FOLLICLES CULTURED IN VITRO
- 1 March 1978
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Vol. 85 (3) , 211-217
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0528.1978.tb10484.x
Abstract
Intact human Graafian follicles recovered during the preovulatory phase of the menstrual cycle and cultured in vitro, gave a mean oestradiol production of 33 ng/hour over periods of 4 to 92 hours. Treatment of follicles with human pituitary gonadotrophin or human chorionic gonadotrophin resulted in an increased production of oestradiol.Keywords
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