[Prokineticins: new regulatory peptides in human reproduction]

Sophie Brouillet1, Pascale Hoffmann1, Nadia Alfaidy2

  • 1Centre hospitalier universitaire de Grenoble, hôpital couple-enfant, centre d'aide médicale à la procréation, CS 10217, 38043 Grenoble Cedex 9, France - Inserm U1036, biologie du cancer et de l'infection, iRTSV, CEA Grenoble, 17, rue des Martyrs, 38054 Grenoble Cedex 9, France - Commissariat à l'énergie atomique, institut de recherche en technologie et sciences pour le vivant, 38054 Grenoble Cedex 9, France - Université Grenoble-Alpes, 38041 Grenoble, France.

Medecine Sciences : M/S
|April 2, 2014
PubMed

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