Urinary kallikrein excretion in the human menstrual cycle, normal pregnancy and lactation

Prenatal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 474-481

  Valdes G ^a,b   Corthorn, J ^a   Oyarzun E ^a   Berrios C ^a   Foradori, A ^a   Germain, A M ^a   Villarroel, L ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Gestation; Human chorionic gonadotropin; Kallikrein; Lactation; Menstrual cycle

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002547817     PISSN: 13598635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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