Evaluation of oestrogen and progesterone receptor expression in uterine mucosal lymphocytes

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1079-1082

  King, Ashley ^a   Gardner, Lucy ^a   Loke, Y W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human endometrium; NK cells; Oestrogen receptor; rogesterone receptor; Uterine leukocytes

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NORMAL HUMAN;

EID: 0029978901     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019300     Document Type: Article

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