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Comparisons of matrix metalloproteinase 1, 2, and 9 activity in periovulatory follicular fluid from natural and stimulated menstrual cycles.

Abdallah MA, Lin PC, Nakajima ST, Eblen AC, Kang S, Gercel-Taylor C

Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA. maherabdallah@aol.com

We studied the activity levels of matrix metalloproteinase 1, 2, and 9 in periovulatory fluids from naturally occurring menstrual cycles versus those from samples taken from menstrual cycles stimulated with clomiphene citrate or recombinant stimulating hormone. No statistically significant differences were found.

Published 27 February 2006 in Fertil Steril, 85(3): 800-1.
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