"Follicular Fluid" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The fluid surrounding the OVUM and GRANULOSA CELLS in the Graafian follicle (OVARIAN FOLLICLE). The follicular fluid contains sex steroids, glycoprotein hormones, plasma proteins, mucopolysaccharides, and enzymes.
| Descriptor ID |
D015571
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A05.360.319.114.630.535.150 A06.407.312.497.535.150 A12.207.270.340
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| Concept/Terms |
Follicular Fluid- Follicular Fluid
- Fluid, Follicular
- Follicular Fluids
- Antral Fluid, Ovarian Follicle
- Liquor Folliculi
- Folliculi, Liquor
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Follicular Fluid" by people in Profiles.
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Evidence for different aetiologies of low estradiol response to FSH: age-related accelerated luteinization of follicles or presence of ovarian autoantibodies. Hum Reprod. 2002 Oct; 17(10):2641-9.