Carbonic anhydrase isoenzymes CAI and CAII in semen, decidua, chorionic villi and various fetal tissues

Early Human Development

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 205-211

  Ali Akbar, S ^a,b   Nicolaides, K H ^b   Brown, P R ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Harris Birthright Research Centre for Fetal Medicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CAI; CAII; Chorionic villi; Decidua; Fetal tissues; Semen

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE II; ISOENZYME;

ARTICLE; CHORION VILLUS; DECIDUA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FERTILIZATION; FETUS; FETUS (ANATOMY); FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON;

ADULT; CARBONIC ANHYDRASES; CHORIONIC VILLI; DECIDUA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETUS; FOLLICULAR FLUID; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; SEMEN; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0032504113     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3782(97)00119-9     Document Type: Article

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