Effects of TNF-α injection into the ovary on blood progesterone concentration in pseudopregnant rabbits

Journal of Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 5-6, 1997, Pages 405-410

  Endo, Tuyoshi ^a   Kanayama, Kiichi ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corpus luteum; Progesterone concentration; Pseudopregnancy; Tumor necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL DEGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM FUNCTION; LUTEAL CELL; LUTEOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; OVARY FUNCTION; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PSEUDOPREGNANCY; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; INJECTIONS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OVARY; PROGESTERONE; PSEUDOPREGNANCY; RABBITS; REFERENCE VALUES; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0031433846     PISSN: 00257850     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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