Expression of adrenomedullin in the endometrium of the human uterus

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 66-70

  Michishita, M ^b   Minegishi, T ^a   Abe, K ^b   Kangawa, K ^b   Kojima, M ^b   Ibuki, Y ^b  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENOMEDULLIN; MESSENGER RNA; PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM;

ADRENOMEDULLIN; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; PEPTIDES; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0032608216     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(98)00357-3     Document Type: Article

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