Fertility and Sterility
Volume 85 , Pages 1240-1247 , April 2006

Localization and quantitative expression of the calcium-sensing receptor protein in human oocytes

Part of this work was presented at the 3rd Annual Congress of the Mediterranean Society for Reproductive Medicine (MRSM), Limassol, Cyprus, 25–27 March 2004 and at the 20th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE), Berlin, Germany, 27–30 June 2004.

  • Maria Elena Dell’Aquila, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Animal Production, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Maria Elena Dell’Aquila, Ph.D., Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Biotechnological Sciences, University of Bari, 70124, Italy (FAX: +39-080-4679883).
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  • Teresa De Santis, B.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Animal Production, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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  • Yoon Sung Cho, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Assisted Procreation Unit, Casa di Cura Santa Maria, Bari, Bari, Italy
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  • Stephan Joel Reshkin, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of General and Enviromental Physiology, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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  • Anna Maria Caroli, D.V.M.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Sciences and Biotechnologies, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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  • Filippo Maritato, O.T.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Animal Production, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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  • Paolo Minoia, D.V.M.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Animal Production, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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  • Valeria Casavola, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of General and Enviromental Physiology, University of Bari, Bari, Italy

Received 30 June 2005 ,Revised 3 November 2005 ,Accepted 3 November 2005.

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 Financial support by Centro di Eccellenza in Genomica Comparata, Università degli Studi di Bari (CEGBA) and MIUR COFIN PRIN 2003.

PII: S0015-0282(05)04198-1

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.11.033

Fertility and Sterility
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