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Androgen treatment stimulated early stages of primate ovarian follicular growth, independently of cycle stage or gonadotropin effect.
Testosterone treatment
 Significantly increased the numbers of small
follicles (primary to small antral)
 Did not increase the abundance of large antral
follicles (pre-ovulatory)
July 2018 ESHRE 2018
Androgens promoted follicular growth indir effect.
FSHR mRNA expression was
 Significantly increased following testosterone treatment  Only modestly increased following FSH treatment
July 2018 ESHRE 2018
ectly by amplifying FSH
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