Activin A and follistatin in menstrual blood: Low concentrations in women with dysfunctional uterine bleeding

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 383-389

  Reis, Fernando M ^a,b   Nascimento, Lívia L ^a   Tsigkou, Anastasia ^b   Ferreira, Márcia C ^a   Luisi, Stefano ^b   Petraglia, Felice ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Activin; Endometrium; Follistatin; Menstruation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; FOLLISTATIN; MESSENGER RNA; ACTIVIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UTERUS BLEEDING; BLOOD; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; KINETICS; MENSTRUATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UTERUS;

ACTIVINS; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLISTATIN; HUMANS; KINETICS; MENSTRUATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; UTERUS;

EID: 34648846597     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719107303985     Document Type: Article

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