Presence of immunoreactive corticotropin-releasing hormone in human endometrium

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1046-1050

  Mastorakos, George ^a,e   Scopa, Chrisoula D ^b   Kao, Lee C ^a   Vryonidou, Andromachi ^c   Friedman, Theodore C ^a   Kattis, Dimitris ^c   Phenekos, Constantine ^c   Rabin, Douglas ^a   Chrousos, George P ^a,d  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECIDUALIZATION; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0029866425     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.3.1046     Document Type: Article

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