The sialoglycoconjugates in the oviducts of fertile and postmenopausal women

Maturitas

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 269-284

  Gheri, Gherardo ^a   Noci, Ivo ^a   Gheri, Chiara F ^a   Vichi, Debora ^a   Thyrion, Giorgia D Zappoli ^b   Marini, Mirca ^a   Buccoliero, Anna M ^a   Sgambati, Eleonora ^a  

^a Policlinic of Careggi ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fertile women; Oviducts; Postmenopausal women; Sialoglycoconjugates

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIGENIN; GLYCOCONJUGATE; GLYCOSIDE; LECTIN; SEX HORMONE; SIALOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; OVIDUCT; POSTMENOPAUSE; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; UTERUS BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIUM; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GLYCOCONJUGATES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; SIALIC ACIDS;

EID: 36148947564     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2007.08.015     Document Type: Article

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