Hepatocyte growth factor in human breast milk

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 112-120

  Yamada, Yoshihiko ^a   Saito, Shigeru ^a,b   Morikawa, Hajime ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Growth; HGF; Intestine; Macrophage; Milk

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE ANTIBODY; DNA; MESSENGER RNA; SCATTER FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BREAST MILK; COLOSTRUM; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMALL INTESTINE; WHEY;

EID: 0031851088     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1998.tb00399.x     Document Type: Article

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