UID:
almafu_9960073664202883
Format:
1 online resource (405 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9786612770272
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9780128008218
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0128008210
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9781282770270
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1282770276
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9780123849083
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012384908X
Series Statement:
Elsevier insights
Content:
Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) is produced during pregnancy by the embryo. 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 maternal uterine tissues, promotes the growth of the uterus in line with the growth of the fetus, promotes the differentiation of growing cytotrophoblast cells, promotes the quiescence of contractions in the uterine myometrium during the course of pregnancy, and also has function in growth and developm
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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pt. a. Introduction -- pt. b. Genetics, synthesis, secretion, structure, and the degradation of hCG -- pt. c. Biological function of hCG -- pt. d. Clinical applications -- pt. e. hCG tests -- pt. f. Test applications -- pt. g. Basic methods -- pt. h. Evolution, summary, and the future.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780123849076
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0123849071
Language:
English
