Leukemia inhibitory factor in human reproduction

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 144-151

  Senturk, Levent M ^a   Arici, Aydin ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endometrium; Fallopian tube; Implantation; Leukemia inhibitory factor; Ovulation; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN RECEPTOR; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR;

ADIPOCYTE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA CELL; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NERVE CELL; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; OSTEOBLAST; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; OVULATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCTION; SALPINGITIS; STEM CELL; STROMA CELL; UTERINE TUBE;

EID: 0031965050     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1998.tb00346.x     Document Type: Article

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