Expression of placental leptin and leptin receptor transcripts in early pregnancy and at term

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1020-1028

  Henson, Michael C ^a   Swan, Kenneth F ^b   O'Neil, Jennifer S ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ONTOGENY; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; CARRIER PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; LEPTIN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, CYTOKINE; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0032402324     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(98)00299-3     Document Type: Article

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