Changed Bcl:Bax ratio in endometrium of patients with unexplained infertility

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 345-355

  Vatansever, H Seda ^a,c   Lacin, Selman ^b   Ozbilgin, M Kemal ^a  

^a CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bax; Bcl 2; Immunohistochemistry; NOS; Unexplained infertility

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); PATIENT TREATMENT;

APOPTOSIS; BAX; BCL-2; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NOS; UNEXPLAINED INFERTILITY;

METABOLISM;

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LUTEAL PHASE; NICK END LABELING; NIDATION; OVULATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; REGULATOR GENE;

EID: 27744439789     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: 16180372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2005.06.012     Document Type: Article

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