Corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) and immunotolerance of the fetus

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 917-921

  Makrigiannakis, Antonis ^a   Zoumakis, Emmanuel ^b   Kalantaridou, Sofia ^b   Mitsiades, Nikos ^b   Margioris, Andreas ^a   Chrousos, George P ^b   Gravanis, Achilleas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; CRH; Decidualization; Endometrium; FasL; Implantation

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR;

BLASTOCYST; DECIDUA; ENDOMETRIUM; FETUS; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UTERUS;

EID: 0037443502     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-2952(02)01547-2     Document Type: Note

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