Follicular fluid adrenomedullin concentrations in spontaneous and stimulated cycles: Relationship to ovarian function and endothelin-1 and nitric oxide

Regulatory Peptides

Volumn 107, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 125-128

  Marinoni, Emanuela ^a   Di Iorio, Romolo ^a   Villaccio, Barbara ^a   Letizia, Claudio ^a   Aragona, Cesare ^a   Schimberni, Mauro ^a   Cosmi, Ermelando V ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

17 Estradiol; Gonadotrophins; In vitro fertilization; Ovarian function; Ovulation

Indexed keywords

ADRENOMEDULLIN; BUSERELIN; ENDOTHELIN 1; ESTRADIOL; NITRIC OXIDE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; PEPTIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY CYCLE; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; OVARY FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT; INFERTILITY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; METABOLISM; OVARY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ENDOTHELIN-1; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICULAR FLUID; GONADOTROPINS; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NITRIC OXIDE; OVARY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PEPTIDES; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; STATISTICS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; ADRENOMEDULLIN; HUMANS;

EID: 0037098975     PISSN: 01670115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-0115(02)00093-9     Document Type: Article

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