Life after liquorice: The link between cortisol and conception

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 683-690

  Michael, Anthony E ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

11 hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase; Cortisol; Cortisone; Glucocorticoid; IVF embryo transfer

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CORTISONE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE;

ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; OVULATION INDUCTION; OXIDATION; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; STEROID METABOLISM;

EID: 0346270458     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)62091-3     Document Type: Article

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