Compartmentalization of human chorionic gonadotrophin sensitivity and luteinizing hormone receptor mRNA in different subtypes of the human corpus luteum

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1037-1042

  Ottander, U ^a   Nakata, M ^a   Backstrom T ^a   Liu, K ^b   Ny, T ^b   Olofsson, J I ^a,b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Corpus luteum; HCG; LH receptor mRNA; Progesterone; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORPUS LUTEUM; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUTEAL PHASE; PROGESTERONE SYNTHESIS; THECA CELL;

PRIMATES;

EID: 0030925783     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.5.1037     Document Type: Article

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