Rescue of the corpus luteum in human pregnancy

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 448-456

  Baird, Donna Day ^a   Weinberg, Clarice R ^a   McConnaughey, D Robert ^b   Wilcox, Allen J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b WESTAT   (United States)

Author keywords

Corpus luteum; Corpus luteum function; Human chorionic gonadotropin; Pregnancy; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE DERIVATIVE; STEROID;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; CORPUS LUTEUM FUNCTION; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLITE; NIDATION; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE SYNTHESIS; SENESCENCE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; URINE LEVEL;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CORPUS LUTEUM; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANEDIOL; PROGESTERONE;

PRIMATES;

EID: 0037306763     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.102.008425     Document Type: Article

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