Leukemia inhibitory factor and human embryo implantation

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1034, Issue , 2004, Pages 176-183

  Aghajanova, Lusine ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Embryo; Endometrium; Implantation; Leukemia inhibitory factor; Leukemia inhibitory factor receptor

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 130; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

BLASTOCYST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION;

EID: 14944371707     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1335.020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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