Endothelial cell proliferation follows the mid-cycle luteinizing hormone surge, but not human chorionic gonadotrophin rescue, in the human corpus luteum

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1723-1729

  Rodger, F E ^a   Young, F M ^a   Fraser, H M ^a   IIlingworth, P J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Ovary; Proliferation; Steroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE;

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030921652     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.8.1723     Document Type: Article

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