Role of adipokines in the ovarian function: Oogenesis and steroidogenesis
Saba NikanfarHajar OghbaeiYeganeh Rastgar RezaeiReza ZarezadehDavoud Jafari-GharabaghlouHamid Reza NejabatiZahra BahramiNathalie BleisingerNasser SamadiAmir FattahiMohammad NouriRalf Dittrich
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