The Bile Acid Synthesis Pathway Is Present and Functional in the Human Ovary

Laura P. Smith; Maik Nierstenhoefer; Sang Wook Yoo; Alan S. Penzias; Edda Tobiasch; Anny Usheva

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0007333

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The Bile Acid Synthesis Pathway Is Present and Functional in the Human Ovary

Laura P. Smith,

Affiliations Division of Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Boston IVF, Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Maik Nierstenhoefer,

Affiliations Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, University of Applied Sciences Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Rheinbach, Germany
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Sang Wook Yoo,

Affiliations Division of Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Alan S. Penzias,

Affiliations Division of Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Boston IVF, Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Edda Tobiasch,

Affiliation University of Applied Sciences Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Rheinbach, Germany
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Anny Usheva

* E-mail: ausheva@bidmc.harvard.edu

Affiliations Division of Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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The Bile Acid Synthesis Pathway Is Present and Functional in the Human Ovary

Laura P. Smith,
Maik Nierstenhoefer,
Sang Wook Yoo,
Alan S. Penzias,
Edda Tobiasch,
Anny Usheva

Published: October 6, 2009
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0007333

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