The human corpus luteum: Reduction in macrophages during simulated maternal recognition of pregnancy

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2435-2442

  Duncan, W C ^a   Rodger, F E ^a   Illingworth, P J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corpus luteum; Human chorionic gonadotrophin; Luteolysis; Macrophages; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUTEAL CELL; LUTEAL PHASE; MACROPHAGE; PREGNANCY; SIMULATION; STEROIDOGENESIS; THECA CELL;

EID: 0031682178     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.9.2435     Document Type: Article

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