Altered expressions of VEGF mRNA splice variants during progression of uterine-peritoneal adhesions in the rat

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 299-304

  Rout, Ujjwal K ^a   Oommen, Koshy ^a   Diamond, Michael P ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

mRNA; Pelvic adhesions; Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; VASCULOTROPIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PELVIS SURGERY; PERITONEUM ADHESION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UTERUS;

EID: 0034119632     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.8755-8920.2000.430509.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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