In vitro models of human blastocyst implantation

Bailliere's Best Practice and Research in Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 765-774

  Bentin Ley, Ursula ^a   Lopata, Alex ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Cells, cultured; Electron microscopy, scanning; Electron microscopy, transmission; Endometrium; Human; Implantation; In vitro; Morphology

Indexed keywords

APICAL MEMBRANE; CELL CULTURE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 0033759173     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/beog.2000.0117     Document Type: Article

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