A model for implantation of the human blastocyst and early placentation

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 262-270

  Bischof, P ^a,b   Campana, A ^b  

^a Laboratoire d'Hormonologie   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Implantation; Integrins; Metalloproteinase; Trophoblast invasion

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GELATINASE; GLYCOPROTEIN; INTEGRIN;

BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLASTOCYST; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; EMBRYO; ENDOMETRIUM; ENZYME RELEASE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR MODEL; NIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW;

BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTEGRINS; PLACENTATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST;

EID: 0029855580     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/2.3.262     Document Type: Review

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