The effects of levonorgestrel implants on vascular endothelial growth factor expression in the endometrium

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-63

  Lau, Tseng M ^a,c   Affandi, Biran ^b   Rogers, Peter A W ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood vessel; Breakthrough bleeding; Endometrium; Norplant; VEGF

Indexed keywords

LEVONORGESTREL; VASCULOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; BREAKTHROUGH BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG IMPLANTATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADULT; BLOOD VESSELS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; DRUG IMPLANTS; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LEVONORGESTREL; LYMPHOKINES; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 0032948893     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/5.1.57     Document Type: Article

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