Does seminal plasma affect angiogenesis in the porcine oviduct?

Reproductive Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 347-354

  Krawczynski, Kamil ^a   Kaczmarek, Monika M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL REPRODUCTION AND FOOD RESEARCH   (Poland)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Oviduct; Seminal plasma; Sus scrofa; VEGF

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871004425     PISSN: 1642431X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.repbio.2012.10.008     Document Type: Article

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