Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor receptors in the endometrium of septate uterus

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1085-1090

  Raga, Francisco ^a,b   Casañ, Eva Maria ^b   Bonilla Musoles, Fernando ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

endometrium; Flt 1; KDR; septate uterus; sflt; VEGF receptors

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UTERUS MALFORMATION; UTERUS SEPTUS;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECEPTORS, VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR; RNA, MESSENGER; UTERUS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-1; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2;

EID: 67650172688     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.07.1768     Document Type: Article

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