Relation between decreased anandamide hydrolase concentrations in human lymphocytes and miscarriage

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Volumn 355, Issue 9212, 2000, Pages 1326-1329

  Maccarrone, Mauro ^a   Valensise, Herbert ^a   Bari, Monica ^a   Lazzarin, Natalia ^b   Romanini, Carlo ^a   Finazzi Agrò, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b SAN GIOVANNI CALIBITA FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANANDAMIDE; CANNABINOID; HYDROLASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOCHROMATOGRAPHY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

EID: 0034655926     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)02115-2     Document Type: Article

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