Compartmentalization and cyclic variation of immunoreactivity of renin and angiotensin converting enzyme in human endometrium throughout the menstrual cycle

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2804-2809

  Li, Xiao Feng ^a   Ahmed, Asif ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ACE; Angiotensin; Endometrium; Menstruation; Renin

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; RENIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; NORMAL HUMAN; STROMA;

EID: 0031435699     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.12.2804     Document Type: Article

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