The chick embryo chorioallantoic membrane as a model to investigate the angiogenic properties of human endometrium

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 108-112

  Maas, Jacques W M ^a   Le Noble, Ferdinand A C ^b   Dunselman, Gerard A J ^b   De Goeij, Anton F P M ^b   Struyker Boudier, Harry A J ^b   Evers, Johannes L H ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Chorioallantoic membrane; Endometriosis; Endometrium; Vascular density index

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CHICK EMBRYO; CHORIOALLANTOIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; ENDOMETRIUM; EXPLANT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN;

ALLANTOIS; ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; CHORION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MEMBRANES; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 0032767198     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000010150     Document Type: Article

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