Placental growth factor: A promising diagnostic biomarker for tubal ectopic pregnancy

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Horne, Andrew W ^a   Shaw, Julie L V ^a   Murdoch, Amanda ^a   McDonald, Sarah E ^a   Williams, Alistair R ^a   Jabbour, Henry N ^a   Duncan, W Colin ^a   Critchley, Hilary O D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PLACENTAL GROWTH FACTOR;

ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; DECIDUA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED KINGDOM; UTERINE TUBE PREGNANCY;

EID: 78650882666     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2010-1403     Document Type: Article

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