Endometrial cell adhesion in an in vitro model using intact amniotic membranes

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 76-80

  Van der Linden, P J Q ^a   De Goeij, A F P M ^a   Dunselman, G A J ^a   Erkens, H W H ^a   Evers, J L H ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cell adhesion; endometrial carcinoma; endometriosis; Endometrium; extracellular matrix; mesothelium; tissue culture

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 4; CYTOKERATIN; FIBRONECTIN; LAMININ; PROTEOHEPARAN SULFATE;

AMNION; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY; MODEL; PERITONEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030049653     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(16)58030-3     Document Type: Article

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