Secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor (SLPI) concentrations in cervical mucus of women with normal menstrual cycle

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 656-661

  Moriyama, Akihiro ^a   Shimoya, Koichiro ^a,b   Ogata, Isao ^a   Kimura, Tadashi ^a   Nakamura, Takafumi ^a   Wada, Hiroko ^a   Ohashi, Kazutomo ^a   Azuma, Chihiro ^a   Saji, Fumitaka ^c   Murata, Yuji ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA POLICE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c OSAKA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical mucus; Ovulation; Secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor (SLPI)

Indexed keywords

LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE; SECRETORY LEUKOCYTE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS; UTERINE ENDOCERVIX;

ADULT; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CERVIX MUCUS; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PROTEINASE INHIBITORY PROTEINS, SECRETORY; PROTEINS; REFERENCE VALUES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SECRETORY LEUKOCYTE PEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS;

EID: 0032981415     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/5.7.656     Document Type: Article

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