Vascular endothelial growth factor is bound in amniotic fluid and maternal serum

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1346-1351

  Vuorela Vepsäläinen, Piia ^a   Alfthan, Henrik ^a   Orpana, Arto ^a   Alitalo, Kari ^b   Stenman, Ulf Håkan ^a   Halmesmäki, Erja ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid; PlGF; Pregnancy associated binding; VEGF

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; GROWTH FACTOR; IODINE 125; PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED ALPHA2 GLYCOPROTEIN; PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN A; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GEL FILTRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNODIFFUSION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MATERNAL SERUM; NORMAL HUMAN; PLACENTA; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL VEIN;

EID: 0344731426     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.5.1346     Document Type: Article

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