Changes in activity of superoxide dismutase in the human endometrium throughout the menstrual cycle and in early pregnancy

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1073-1078

  Sugino, N ^a   Shimamura, K ^a   Takiguchi, S ^a   Tamura, H ^a   Ono, M ^a   Nakata, M ^a   Nakamura, Y ^a   Ogino, K ^b   Uda, T ^c   Kato, H ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HIROSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endometrium; Lipid peroxide; SOD

Indexed keywords

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; LIPID PEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECIDUALIZATION; ENDOMETRIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN;

EID: 8944232108     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019299     Document Type: Article

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