Fertility and Sterility
Volume 89, Issue 6 , Pages 1771-1776 , June 2008

Differential expression of microRNA species in human uterine leiomyoma versus normal myometrium

  • Erica E. Marsh, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Reproductive Biology Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
    • Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
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  • Zhihong Lin, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Reproductive Biology Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
    • ,
  • Ping Yin, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Reproductive Biology Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
    • ,
  • Magdy Milad, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
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  • Debabrata Chakravarti, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Reproductive Biology Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
    • ,
  • Serdar E. Bulun, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Reproductive Biology Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
    • Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Serdar E. Bulun, M.D., Division of Reproductive Biology Research, 303 E. Superior Street—Fourth Floor, Chicago, IL 60611 (FAX: 312-503-0095).

Received 23 February 2007 ,Revised 23 May 2007 ,Accepted 23 May 2007.

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 Supported by NIH Grant HD46260 and the Friends of Prentice of Northwestern Memorial Hospital; Dr. Marsh received support from an Eleanor Wood-Prince Grant of the Women's Board of Northwestern Memorial Hospital, the Young Investigators Award from the Northwestern Memorial Foundation, and the ACOG/Ortho Women's Health Fellowship in Academic Medicine.

PII: S0015-0282(07)01220-4

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.05.074

Fertility and Sterility
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