Production of activins by the human endosalpinx

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 5283-5289

  Bahathiq, A O ^a,b   Stewart, R L ^a,b   Wells, M ^a,b   Moore, H D ^a,b   Pacey, A A ^a,b   Ledger, W L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FOLLISTATIN; INHIBIN; MESSENGER RNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE TUBE MUCOSA; UTERUS;

ACTIVINS; ADULT; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; FOLLISTATIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INHIBIN-BETA SUBUNITS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; RNA, MESSENGER;

FALLOPIA;

EID: 0036847435     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2001-011884     Document Type: Article

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