Oxytocin receptor- and Oct-4-expressing cells in human amniotic fluid

Gynecological Endocrinology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 280-284

  Stefanidis, Konstantinos ^a,b   Loutradis, Dimitris ^a   Anastasiadou, Vasiliki ^a   Bletsa, Ritsa ^a   Kiapekou, Erasmia ^a   Drakakis, Peter ^a   Beretsos, Panos ^a   Elenis, Evangelia ^a   Mesogitis, Spiros ^a   Antsaklis, Aris ^a  

^a ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid cells; Oct 4 gene; Oxytocin receptor gene; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; AMNIOTIC FLUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; OXYTOCIN; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 45949105214     PISSN: 09513590     EISSN: 14730766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09513590801977167     Document Type: Article

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