Expression of corticotrophin-releasing hormone in the mouse uterus: Participation in embryo implantation

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 221-227

  Athanassakis, I ^a   Farmakiotis, V ^a   Aifantis, I ^a,b   Gravanis, A ^a   Vassiliadis, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR ANTAGONIST; GONADORELIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INHIBITION; EMBRYO; ESTRUS CYCLE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; UTERUS;

EID: 0032740511     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1630221     Document Type: Article

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