Human chorionic gonadotropin /
Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) is produced during pregnancy by the embyro. It promotes progesterone production by corpus luteal cells. It also functions in pregnancy to promote angiogenesis in uterine vasculature, it immuno-blands the invading placental tissue so it is not rejected by the matern...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Elsevier,
2010.
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Colección: | Elsevier insights.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Genetics, synthesis, secretion, structure and degradation of hCG
- Biological function of hCG
- Clinical applications
- hCG tests
- Test applications
- Basic methods
- Evolution, summary and the future.