Localization of fibrillin-1 in human endometrium and decidua during the menstrual cycle and pregnancy

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2051-2056

  Fleming, S ^a,b   Beil, S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decidua; Endometrium; Fibrillin; Menstrual cycle; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 4; ELASTIN; FIBRILLIN; LAMININ; SCLEROPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; DECIDUA; DECIDUALIZATION; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UTERINE TUBE;

EID: 0030864248     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.9.2051     Document Type: Article

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