Structure and function of endometrial blood vessels

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 57-62

  Rogers, Peter A W ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Blood vessel; Endometrium implantation; Menstruation

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANGIOGENESIS; APOPTOSIS; BLOOD VESSEL; CAPILLARY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ENDOMETRIUM; HUMAN; MENSTRUATION; MICROSCOPY; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUATION; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0029918503     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/2.1.57     Document Type: Review

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