Hormonal contraception can suppress natural antimicrobial gene transcription in human endometrium.

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• Publication year

  2003

• Venue

  Fertility and Sterility

• Publication date

  2003-04-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1016/S0015-0282(02)04930-0PMID 12749421
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