A mutated progesterone receptor allele is more prevalent in unexplained infertility [2]

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 651-653

  Pisarska, Margareta D ^b   Carson, Sandra A ^c   Casson, Peter R ^d   Tong, Xiaowen ^e   Buster, John E ^c   Kieback, Dirk G ^a,c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; HUMAGON; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; RECOMBINANT CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; RECOMBINANT HORMONE; UROFOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CODON; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; EXON; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; INTRON; LETTER; OVULATION INDUCTION; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS;

EID: 0041334186     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(03)00755-6     Document Type: Article

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