High progesterone levels and ciliary dysfunction - A possible cause of ectopic pregnancy

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 103-106

  Paltieli, Yoav ^a,b   Eibschitz, Izu ^a   Ziskind, Genia ^a   Ohel, Gonen ^a   Silbermann, Michael ^a   Weichselbaum, Amnon ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ciliary activity; Ectopic pregnancy; Fallopian tubes; Organ culture

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE;

CILIARY MOTILITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUTEAL PHASE; NIDATION; OVARY CYCLE; OVIDUCT; OVULATION INDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE TUBE;

ANIMALS; CILIA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ESTRADIOL; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MENOTROPINS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; PROGESTERONE;

FALLOPIA;

EID: 0034004160     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009465900824     Document Type: Conference Paper

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