Effects of alcohol on the human placental GnRH receptor system

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 777-783

  Bramley, T A ^a   Menzies, G S ^a   McPhie, C A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS); GnRH binding protein; Pregnancy trophoblast

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BENZYLSULFONYL FLUORIDE; GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN ANTIBODY; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR; PLACENTA ENZYME; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FRACTIONATION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INHIBITION KINETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLACENTA; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINASE INHIBITION;

EID: 0032769280     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/5.8.777     Document Type: Article

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