Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine

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대한생식의학회 (The Korean Society for Reproductive Medicine)
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여성생식기관에서 프로제스테론의 분자생물학적 기능

Molecular Regulation of Female Reproductive Tracts by Progesterone

  • 전용필 (성신여자대학교 생물학과, 기초과학연구소)
  • Cheon, Yong-Pil (Department of Biology, Institute for Basic Sciences, Sungshin Women's University)
  • 발행 : 2008.03.30
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