Immunoreactive gonadotropin-releasing hormone expression in cycling human endometrium of fertile patients

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 102-106

  Casañ, Eva Maria ^a   Raga, Francisco ^b   Kruessel, Jan S ^b   Wen, Yan ^b   Nezhat, Camran ^b   Polan, Mary Lake ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Human endometrium; Immunohistochemistry; Menstrual cycle

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0032125448     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(98)00125-3     Document Type: Article

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