Increased expression of uteroglobin associated with tubal inflammation and ectopic pregnancy

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1613-1617

  Quintar, Amado Alfredo ^a   Mukdsi, Jorge Humberto ^a   del Valle Bonaterra, Mónica ^a   Aoki, Agustín ^a   Maldonado, Cristina Alicia ^a   Pérez Alzaa, José ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b Department of Gynecology   (Argentina)

Author keywords

ectopic pregnancy; fallopian tube; inflammation; secretoglobin; Uteroglobin expression

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; UTEROGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROSALPINX; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SALPINGECTOMY; SALPINGITIS; TISSUE LEVEL; UTERINE TUBE MUCOSA;

ADULT; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; SALPINGITIS; UTEROGLOBIN;

EID: 44349190157     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.03.071     Document Type: Article

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