Time-course of the uterine response to estradiol-17β in ovariectomized ewes: Uterine growth and microvascular development

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 606-612

  Reynolds, Lawrence P ^a   Kirsch, James D ^a   Kraft, Kim C ^a   Knutson, Darlene L ^a   McClaflin, Wendy J ^a   Redmer, Dale A ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; ESTRADIOL; PROTEIN; RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; DNA CONTENT; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROVASCULATURE; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; UTERUS; UTERUS GROWTH;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0031876521     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod59.3.606     Document Type: Article

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