Evidence for a Modulation of Apoptosis by Recombinant Human Choriogonadotropin (r-hCG) in Uterine Leiomyoma Cell Cultures

Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1262-1266

  Licht, Peter ^a   Herberth, J ^b   Wallwiener, D ^a   Wildt, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cell culture; hCG; Uterine leiomyoma

Indexed keywords

8 BROMO CYCLIC AMP; CELL DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; PHOSPHORUS 32; RECOMBINANT CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CELL CULTURE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ISOTOPE LABELING; LEIOMYOMA; UTERUS MYOMA; UTERUS TUMOR;

EID: 0344739588     PISSN: 00165751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-44650     Document Type: Article

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