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Key-words

  • Growth factors
  • insulin-like
  • somatomedin
  • binding protein
  • inhibin
  • prostaglandins
  • interleukin
  • ovary
  • granulosa
  • theca
  • gonads
  • endorphins
  • vasopressin
  • LHRH
  • TNF-alpha