Fertility and Sterility
Volume 86, Issue 4, Supplement , Pages 1088-1096 , October 2006

Prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase (PTGS1 and PTGS2) expression and prostaglandin production by normal monkey ovarian surface epithelium

  • Rafael A. Cabrera, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • The Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests and present address: Rafael A. Cabrera, M.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 6900 Georgia Avenue, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia, 20307-5001 (FAX: 202-782-4833).
    • ,
  • Brandy L. Dozier, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiological Sciences, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia
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  • Diane M. Duffy, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiological Sciences, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia

Received 13 June 2005 ,Revised 12 March 2006 ,Accepted 12 March 2006.

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 Supported in part by an unrestricted educational grant from Organon Pharmaceutical, Inc., Roseland, New Jersey, and by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (HD39872), Bethesda, Maryland.

PII: S0015-0282(06)01091-0

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.03.022

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 86, Issue 4, Supplement , Pages 1088-1096 , October 2006

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