Local levonorgestrel regulation of androgen receptor and 17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2 expression in human endometrium

Human Reproduction

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2610-2617

  Burton, Kevin A ^a   Henderson, Teresa A ^a   Hillier, Stephen G ^a   Mason, J Ian ^a   Habib, Fouad ^b   Brenner, Robert M ^c   Critchley, Hilary O D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Oregon Regional Primate Centre   (United States)

Author keywords

17 Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2; Androgen receptor; Endometrium; Levonorgestrel

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; LEVONORGESTREL; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE;

AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; BREAKTHROUGH BLEEDING; CELL LEVEL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUALIZATION; DOWN REGULATION; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAINING; STROMA;

INSERTION SEQUENCES;

EID: 0346147071     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deg510     Document Type: Article

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