Luteinizing hormone receptor in the human corpus luteum: Lack of down-regulation during maternal recognition of pregnancy

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2291-2297

  Duncan, W C ^a   McNeilly, A S ^a   Fraser, H M ^a   Illingworth, P J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corpus luteum; Human chorionic gonadotrophin; Luteinizing hormone; Pregnancy; Receptor

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RECEPTOR BINDING;

EID: 0029823074     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019091     Document Type: Article

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