Lack of Site-Specific Production of Decidual Alpha-2 Macroglobulin in Human Pregnancy

Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 491-496

  Siu, Shing Shun Nelson ^a   Choy, Mei Yee ^a   Leung, Tse Ngong ^b   Lau, Tze Kin ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alpha 2 macroglobulin; deciduas; human; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DECIDUA; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RANK SUM TEST; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY;

ALPHA-MACROGLOBULINS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; DECIDUA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 33749534118     PISSN: 10715576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsgi.2006.06.003     Document Type: Article

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