Mifepristone regulation of leukemia inhibitory factor and uterine receptivity in rabbits

Contraception

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 309-312

  Liu, C Q ^a   Yuan, Y ^a   Wang, Z X ^a   Lu, S H ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Leukemia inhibitory factor; Mifepristone; Uterine receptivity

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; MIFEPRISTONE; PROGESTERONE; SERIC GONADOTROPIN; SESAME SEED OIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREGNANCY RATE; RABBIT; UTERUS FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GROWTH INHIBITORS; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; INTERLEUKIN-6; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; LYMPHOKINES; MIFEPRISTONE; OVARIECTOMY; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; RABBITS; UTERUS;

EID: 0033397830     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-7824(99)00092-X     Document Type: Article

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