Serum androgen levels in women who have recurrent miscarriages and their correlation with markers of endometrial function

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 682-690

  Okon, Marcus A ^a   Laird, Susan M ^a   Tuckerman, Elizabeth M ^a   Li, Tin Chiu ^a  

^a Trent Regional Neonatal Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Androstenedione; PP14; Recurrent miscarriage; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RECURRENT ABORTION; RISK FACTOR; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

EID: 0031968393     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(98)00007-7     Document Type: Article

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