Assessment of leukemia inhibitory factor and glycoprotein 130 expression in endometrium and uterine flushing: a possible diagnostic tool for impaired fertility

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Tawfeek, Manal A ^a   Eid, Manal A ^a   Hasan, Azza M ^a   Mostafa, Manal ^a   El Serogy, Hesham A ^a  

^a TANTA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Glycoprotein 130; Impaired fertility; Leukemia inhibitory factor

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 130; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MOLECULAR MARKER; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA EXTRACTION; UTERUS; UTERUS FLUSHING;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENDOMETRIUM; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THERAPEUTIC IRRIGATION;

EID: 84866489468     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6874-12-10     Document Type: Article

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