Stromal cell interaction and relevance to predecidual events and menstruation

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 850-856

  Bhartiya, Deepa ^a,b   Chowdhury, S R ^a   Bajpai, Virendra K ^a  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b B J WADIA HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (India)

Author keywords

Endometrium; Fibroblast; Granulocyte; Menstrual cycle

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GROWTH FACTOR; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; DECIDUA; DECIDUALIZATION; ENDOMETRIUM; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; GRANULOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; NEUTROPHIL; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; RHESUS MONKEY; STROMA CELL; THROMBOCYTE;

EID: 0030012108     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019265     Document Type: Article

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