First trimester serum inhibin A in normal pregnant women

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 277, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 307-310

  Phupong, Vorapong ^a   Hanprasertpong, Tharangrut ^a   Honsawek, Sittisak ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

ELISA; First trimester; Normal; Pregnancy; Serum inhibin A

Indexed keywords

INHIBIN A;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INHIBINS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THAILAND;

EID: 43149101502     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-007-0491-5     Document Type: Article

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