Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), the hormone of life and death: A review

Journal of Experimental Therapeutics and Oncology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 133-145

  Acevedo, Hernan F ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CANCER VACCINE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CONTRACEPTIVE VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA TOXOID; ECDYSONE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GROWTH FACTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RNA; TETANUS TOXOID; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; BREAST ADENOCARCINOMA; CANCER CELL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; DRUG COST; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EMBRYO; FETUS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOTHERAPY; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LUNG TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; VACCINATION; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CANCER VACCINES; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; CONTRACEPTION; HUMAN; VACCINATION; HUMANS;

EID: 0035998718     PISSN: 13594117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1359-4117.2002.01031.x     Document Type: Review

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