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Gynecological Endocrinology Volume 3, 1989 - Issue 3
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Original Article

In-vitro steroid production by human granulosa lutein cells in long-term cultures

A. Hurwitz Department of Obstetrics, Mount Scopus, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel; Department of Gynecology, Mount Scopus, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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N. Laufer Department of Obstetrics, Ein Kerem, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel; Department of Gynecology, Ein Kerem, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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Z. Palti Department of Obstetrics, Mount Scopus, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel; Department of Gynecology, Mount Scopus, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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J. B. Schenker Department of Obstetrics, Ein Kerem, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel; Department of Gynecology, Ein Kerem, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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P. Vecsei Department of Gynecology, Ein Kerem, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel; Department of Endocrinology, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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A. Rösler Department of Metabolism, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel; Department of Pharmacology, University of Heidelberg, West Germany
Pages 203-211 | Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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