Production of vascular endothelial growth factor and angiogenic factor in human follicular fluid

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 202, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 19-23

  Kawano, Yasushi ^a   Hasan, Kosay Zeineh ^a   Fukuda, Junichiro ^a   Mine, Shinichiro ^a   Miyakawa, Isao ^a  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Follicular fluid; Oocyte maturation

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENIN; SCATTER FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN;

AGE; ANGIOGENESIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0038288777     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(03)00056-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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