The production of interleukin-1α immunoreactivity by human oviductal cells in a coculture system

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 772-775

  Yeung, William S B ^a   Lau, Estella Y L ^a   Chan, Anita Y F ^b   Pak Chung, H O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA;

ARTICLE; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; OVIDUCT; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERLEUKIN-1; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 0030458479     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02066496     Document Type: Article

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