The Leptin System during Human Endometrial Receptivity and Preimplantation Development

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 2442-2451

  Cervero, Ana ^a   Horcajadas, José Antonio ^a   Martín, Julio ^a   Pellicer, Antonio ^a   Simón, Carlos ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INFERTILIDAD   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; LIGAND; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; DECIDUA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUTEAL PHASE; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REPRODUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEPTIN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 2442511831     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2003-032127     Document Type: Article

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