The influence of dehydroepiandrosterone on early pregnancy in mice

NeuroImmunoModulation

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 285-292

  Sander, Valeria ^a   Solano, María Emilia ^a   Elia, Evelin ^a   Luchetti, Carolina Griselda ^a   Di Girolamo, Guillermo ^b   Gonzalez, Claudio ^b   Motta, Alicia B ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Dehydroepiandrosterone; Estrogen; Implantation; Miscarriage; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; GLUTATHIONE; PRASTERONE; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN E;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO RESORPTION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMPLANTATION; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO LOSS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; OVARY; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 24944508625     PISSN: 10217401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000087106     Document Type: Article

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