Alcohol
Volume 37, Issue 2 , Pages 105-111 , October 2005

Effect of ethanol on follicle stimulating hormone-induced steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR) in cultured rat granulosa cells

Received 21 November 2005 ,Revised 4 January 2006 ,Accepted 7 January 2006.

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