Progestin receptor isoforms and prostaglandin dehydrogenase in the endometrium of women using a levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1210-1217

  Critchley, H O D ^a   Wang, H ^a   Kelly, R W ^a   Gebbie, A E ^a   Glasier, A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intrauterine levonorgestrel; PGDH; Progestin receptor isoforms

Indexed keywords

15 HYDROXYPROSTAGLANDIN DEHYDROGENASE; LEVONORGESTREL; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; VAGINA BLEEDING;

EID: 0031864440     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.5.1210     Document Type: Article

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