Hyperglycosylated human chorionic gonadotropin and the source of pregnancy failures

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1781-1786

  Sasaki, Yasushi ^a   Ladner, Donald G ^a   Cole, Laurence A ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

hCG; hyperglycosylated hCG; Implantation; pregnancy failure; spontaneous abortion

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINALYSIS;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMANS; NEW MEXICO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; STILLBIRTH; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 44349102934     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.03.010     Document Type: Article

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