More in-vitro bioactive, shorter-lived human chorionic gonadotrophin charge isoforms increase at the end of the first and during the third trimesters of gestation

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 643-650

  Diaz Cueto L ^a,b   Barrios de Tomasi, J ^a   Timossi, C ^a   Mendez J P ^a,c   Ulloa Aguirre, A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Charge isoforms; Human chorionic gonadotrophin; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HALF LIFE TIME; HUMAN; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MALE; PH; PREGNANCY; RAT; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FEMALE; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MALE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; RATS;

EID: 0030224260     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/2.9.643     Document Type: Article

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