The same luteinized granulosa-luteal cells from normal and superovulated human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG)-stimulated cycles contain hCG and insulin- like growth factor binding protein-1

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 902-906

  Gersak, Ksenija ^a   Seppälä, Markku ^b   Us Krasovec, Marija ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Double immunocytochemical staining; Granulosa luteal cells; HCG; IGFBP 1

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LUTEAL CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPEROVULATION;

ADULT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEIN 1; LUTEAL CELLS; OVULATION INDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0344483891     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(99)00069-2     Document Type: Article

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