PAF promotes the development of the preimplantation embryo

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 416, Issue , 1997, Pages 255-261

  O'Neill, C ^a  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR;

EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; METABOLIC REGULATION; MITOGENESIS; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; PLATELET ACTIVATING FACTOR; PREGNANCY; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0030888780     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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