Morphological and functional features of endometrial decidualization following long-term intrauterine levonorgestrel delivery

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1218-1224

  Critchley, H O D ^a   Wang, H ^a   Jones, R L ^a   Kelly, R W ^b   Drudy, T A ^a   Gebbie, A E ^a   Buckley, C H ^c   McNeilly, A S ^b   Glasier, A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decidualization; GM CSF; Intrauterine levonorgestrel; Leukocytes; Prolactin receptor

Indexed keywords

CD56 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; LEVONORGESTREL; PROLACTIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUA; DECIDUALIZATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; LARGE GRANULAR LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MENSTRUATION; NORMAL HUMAN; STROMA; UTERUS BLEEDING;

EID: 0031812667     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.5.1218     Document Type: Article

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