The urinary bladder of a woman is a novel site of luteinizing hormone- human chorionic gonadotropin receptor gene expression

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1026-1031

  Tao, Y X ^a   Heit, M ^a   Lei, Z M ^a   Rao, Ch V ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Gonadotropins; Luteinizing hormone human chorionic gonadotropin receptors; Menopause; Urinary bladder

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; BLADDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0031770466     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(98)70222-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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