Specific isoforms of leucine-rich α2-glycoprotein detected in the proliferative endometrium of women undergoing assisted reproduction are associated with spontaneous pregnancy

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 761-768

  Gillott, David J ^a   Al Rumaih, Hazem M ^a,b   Leung, Kit Yi ^a   Eldib, Abdallah ^a   Grudzinskas, J Gedis ^a,b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b London Bridge Fertility   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

assisted reproduction; electrophoresis; pregnancy; Proteomics; uterus

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2 GLYCOPROTEIN; LEUCINE; TRYPSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTHENOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ADULT; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED;

EID: 51449097149     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.01.094     Document Type: Article

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