Progesterone inhibits embryotoxic effect of the complement system

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 105-108

  Nováková, Pavla ^a   Zeman, Michal ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Chick embryo; Complement; Embryotoxicity; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CHICK EMBRYO; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; EMBRYOTOXICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 0345476304     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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