Endometrial leukocytes and menstruation

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 16-27

  Salamonsen, Lois A ^a   Lathbury, Louise J ^a  

^a HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chemokine; Leukocyte; Matrix metalloproteinase; Menstruation; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROTEINASE;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MAST CELL; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; NEUTROPHIL; NIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CHEMOKINES; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES; MENSTRUATION; NEUTROPHILS; REGENERATION; STEROIDS;

EID: 0033981974     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/6.1.16     Document Type: Review

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