Medical Hypotheses
Volume 58, Issue 1 , Pages 6-8 , January 2002

Ovarian interleukin-1-induced gene expression: privileged genes threshold theory

  • S Kol

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
    • ,
  • I Kehat

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel
    • ,
  • E.Y Adashi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Received 9 August 2000 ,Accepted 13 February 2001.

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doi: 10.1054/mehy.2001.1389

Medical Hypotheses
Volume 58, Issue 1 , Pages 6-8 , January 2002

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