Neovascularization of the corpus luteum of rats during the estrus cycle

Pathology International

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 408-416

  Tsukada, Katsuya ^a   Matsushima, Takashi ^a   Yamanaka, Nobuaki ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

angiogenesis; corpus luteum; neovascularization

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CORPUS LUTEUM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; LUTEINIZATION; MICROSCOPY; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SILVER STAINING;

EID: 0029786901     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1996.tb03631.x     Document Type: Article

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