Leukaemia inhibitory factor gene mutations in infertile women

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 581-586

  Giess, Ralf ^a   Tanasescu, Irina ^a   Steck, Thomas ^a   Sendtner, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Infertility; Leukaemia inhibitory factor (LIF); Mutations

Indexed keywords

LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; EXON; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GROWTH INHIBITORS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INTERLEUKIN-6; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; LYMPHOKINES; MIDDLE AGED; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL;

EID: 0033051306     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/5.6.581     Document Type: Article

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