Regulation of matrix metalloproteinase-9 in endometrium during the menstrual cycle and following administration of intrauterine levonorgestrel

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 793-799

  Skinner, Joanna L ^a   Riley, Simon C ^a   Gebbie, Ailsa E ^a   Glasier, Anna F ^a   Critchley, Hilary O D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contraception LNG; Endometrium; Matrix metalloproteinases; Menstruation; Tissue remodelling

Indexed keywords

GELATINASE B; LEVONORGESTREL; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUA; ENDOMETRIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STROMA CELL; UTERUS CAVITY;

EID: 0033031512     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.3.793     Document Type: Article

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