The demonstration of progesterone, but not of estrogen, receptors in the developing human placenta

Hormone and Metabolic Research

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 604-610

  Rossmanith, W G ^a   Wolfahrt, S ^a   Ecker, A ^a   Eberhardt, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Binding Studies; Estrogen Receptor; Human; Immunocytochemistry; Placenta; Progesterone Receptor; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TROPHOBLAST;

ARMORACIA RUSTICANA; EQUUS CABALLUS; PSEUDOPODA; RAPHANUS SATIVUS; TRITIUM;

EID: 0031450786     PISSN: 00185043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-979109     Document Type: Article

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