Morphological evidence for the 'implantation window' in human luminal endometrium

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3101-3106

  Sarani, S A ^a   Ghaffari Novin, M ^b   Warren, M A ^d   Dockery, P ^d   Cooke, I D ^c  

^a ZAHEDAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Biotech and Infertility Res Centre   (Iran)

^c DEPARTMENT OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Basement membrane; Human; Implantation; Luminal epithelium; Morphometry

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL VOLUME; DESMOSOME; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MICROSCOPY; MITOCHONDRION; NIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM;

EID: 0032756128     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.12.3101     Document Type: Article

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