Endocrinology and paracrinology: The presence of platelet-derived endothelial cell growth factor in human endometrium and its characteristic expression during the menstrual cycle and early gestational period

Human Reproduction

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 989-993

  Osuga, Y ^a   Toyoshima, H ^b   Mitsuhashi, N ^c   Taketani, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^c JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Decidualization; Human endometrium; PD ECGF; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

PLATELET DERIVED ENDOTHELIAL CELL GROWTH FACTOR; PROGESTERONE;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUALIZATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROLACTIN RELEASE; STROMA CELL;

EID: 0029065833     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a136083     Document Type: Article

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