Placental endothelin gene expression and endothelin concentration in fetal fluids of the first trimester gestational sac

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 758-762

  Jauniaux, Eric ^a   Mignot, Thérèse Marie ^b   Rebourcet, Régis ^b   Robert, Brigitte ^b   Ferré, Françoise ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid; Coelomic fluid; Endothelin; First trimester; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN;

AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENE EXPRESSION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0033887919     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/6.8.758     Document Type: Article

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