Corticotropin-releasing hormone and proopiomelanocortin-derived peptides are present in human myometrium

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 3716-3721

  Clifton, V L ^a   Telfer, J F ^b,c   Thompson, A J ^b,c   Cameron, I T ^b,c   Teoh, T G ^a   Lye, S J ^a   Challis, J R G ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ARTICLE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MYOMETRIUM; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0031741365     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.83.10.5174     Document Type: Article

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