Capacity for hormone production of cultured trophoblast cells obtained from placentae at term and in early pregnancy

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 299-304

  Malek, Antoine ^a   Willi, Amara ^a   Müller, Jürg ^a   Sager, Ruth ^a   Hänggi, Willy ^a   Bersinger, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

First trimester; hCG; hPL; Human; Leptin; Production; Serum; Third trimester; Trophoblast culture

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; HUMAN PLACENTA LACTOGEN; LEPTIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; FETUS; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOBLAST;

CELLS, CULTURED; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FEMALE; HORMONES; HUMANS; LEPTIN; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL LACTOGEN; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 0034964388     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016674503298     Document Type: Article

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