Oxytocin mRNA content in the endometrium of non-pregnant women

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 266-270

  Steinwall, Margarete ^a   Hansson, Stefan ^a   Bossmar, Thomas ^a   Larsson, Iréne ^a   Pilka, Radovan ^b   Åkerlund, Mats ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OLOMOUC   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADULT; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYTOCIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 1542314793     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2004.00049.x     Document Type: Article

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