Activin A and activin receptors in gestational tissue from preeclamptic pregnancies

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 57-64

  Manuelpillai, U ^a   Schneider Kolsky, M ^a   Dole, A ^a   Wallace, E M ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; ACTIVIN RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

AMNION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUA; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; FETUS MEMBRANE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MATERNAL SERUM; PLACENTA; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACTIVIN RECEPTORS; ACTIVINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ECLAMPSIA; EXTRAEMBRYONIC MEMBRANES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBIN-BETA SUBUNITS; PLACENTA; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0034757331     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1710057     Document Type: Article

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