Why does the fallopian tube fail in ectopic pregnancy? the role of activins, inducible nitric oxide synthase, and MUC1 in ectopic implantation

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1115-1123

  Refaat, Bassem ^a   Simpson, Hannah ^b   Britton, Elizabeth ^b   Biswas, Jhulan ^c   Wells, Michael ^d   Aplin, John D ^e   Ledger, William ^f  

^a UMM AL QURA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c BARNSLEY DISTRICT GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activin; ectopic pregnancy; implantation; MUC1; nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; ACTIVIN RECEPTOR 2; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MUCIN 1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEAL PHASE; NIDATION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOPREGNANCY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TROPHOBLAST; UTERINE TUBE;

ACTIVIN RECEPTORS, TYPE II; ADULT; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENGLAND; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INHIBIN-BETA SUBUNITS; MUCIN-1; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TROPHOBLASTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860335130     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.02.035     Document Type: Article

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