Changes in peripheral serum levels of total activin A during the human menstrual cycle and pregnancy

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 3328-3334

  Muttukrishna, Shanthi ^a   Fowler, Paul A ^b   George, Lynne ^c   Groome, Nigel P ^d   Knight, Philip G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A;

ADULT; ALPHA CHAIN; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING;

ACTIVINS; ADULT; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMANS; INHIBINS; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0029834358     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.9.3328     Document Type: Article

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