Fetal sex and variations in kinetic properties of neutrophil alkaline phosphatase during the second trimester of normal pregnancy

Early Human Development

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-5

  Vergnes, Henri A ^a   Denier, Colette J ^b   Brisson Lougarre, Andrée ^a   Grozdea, Jean G ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

Alkaline phosphatase; Fetal sex; Kinetic properties; Neutrophil; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLACENTA; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; KINETICS; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0032540357     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3782(97)00067-4     Document Type: Article

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