Extragonadal actions of chorionic gonadotropin

Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 323-332

  Banerjee, Prajna ^a   Fazleabas, Asgerally T ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Chorionic gonadotropin; Embryo implantation; Endometrium. Endometriosis

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; DOWN SYNDROME; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MITOSIS; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TEST; PREMATURITY; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TROPHOBLAST; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR;

ANIMALS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FEMALE; GONADS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TESTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84855660998     PISSN: 13899155     EISSN: 15732606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11154-011-9193-1     Document Type: Article

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