Endocannabinoids and reproductive biology

Human Reproduction

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1771-

  MacCarrone, Mauro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANANDAMIDE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ENDOCANNABINOID; FATTY ACID AMIDASE; LIPID;

BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EUROPE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; LETTER; OBESITY; REPRODUCTION; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; LIPIDS; MALE; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE;

EID: 69149095344     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dep111     Document Type: Letter

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