The role of estrogen in the pathophysiology of tubal ectopic pregnancy

American Journal of Translational Research

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 269-278

  Shao, Ruijin ^a   Feng, Yi ^a,b   Zou, Shien ^c   Weijdegård, Birgitta ^a   Wu, Gencheng ^b   Brännström, Mats ^a   Billig, Håkan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY HOSPITAL OF FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

17 estradiol; Estrogen receptor subtypes; Human; Infertility; Tubal ectopic pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADRENOMEDULLIN; ANTIESTROGEN; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; ESTROGEN METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INFERTILITY; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UTERINE TUBE; UTERINE TUBE PREGNANCY;

EID: 84864983420     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19438141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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