Telomerase activity in the human endometrium throughout the menstrual cycle

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 173-177

  Yokoyama, Yasuhiro ^a   Takahashi, Yuichiro ^a   Morishita, Shigeo ^a   Hashimoto, Midori ^a   Niwa, Kenji ^a   Tamaya, Teruhiko ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endometrium; Oestrogen; Proliferating cell nuclear antigen; Telomerase

Indexed keywords

CYCLINE; PROGESTERONE; TELOMERASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DECIDUALIZATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABELING INDEX; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; TELOMERASE;

EID: 0031930756     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/4.2.173     Document Type: Article

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