Endometrial proteins: A reappraisal

Human Reproduction

Volumn 7, Issue , 1992, Pages 31-38

  Seppälä, Markku ^a   Julkunen, Mervi ^a   Riittinen, Leena ^a   Koistinen, Riitta ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Endometrion; IGF; PP14; Protein

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE ASSOCIATED ENDOMETRIAL PROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN RECEPTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STROMA CELL;

CARRIER PROTEINS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMAN; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH-FACTOR-BINDING PROTEINS; POSTIMPLANTATION PHASE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; PREIMPLANTATION PHASE; PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, SOMATOMEDIN;

EID: 0026738820     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/7.suppl_1.31     Document Type: Article

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