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Original Article

Involvement of arachidonic acid and the lipoxygenase pathway in mediating luteinizing hormone-induced testosterone synthesis in rat leydig cells

Pablo G. Mele Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
,
Laura A. Dada Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
,
Cristina Paz Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
,
Isabel Neuman Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Cora B. Cymeryng Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Carlos F. Mendez Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Carla V. Finkielstein Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
,
Fabiana Cornejo Maciel Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
&
Ernesto J. Podestá Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Pages 15-26 | Published online: 07 Aug 2009

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