Endometrial expression of relaxin and relaxin receptor in endometriosis

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2885-2887

  Morelli, Sara S ^a   Petraglia, Felice ^b   Weiss, Gerson ^a   Luisi, Stefano ^b   Florio, Pasquale ^b   Wojtczuk, Andrea ^a   Goldsmith, Laura T ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

endometriosis; endometrium; LGR7; Relaxin; relaxin receptor

Indexed keywords

RELAXIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROSCOPY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARY CYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARIAN DISEASES; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RECEPTORS, PEPTIDE; RELAXIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650227069     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.06.051     Document Type: Article

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