Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor receptors in the human endometrium: Modulation during the menstrual cycle

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 439-447

  Meduri, Geri ^a   Bausero, Pedro ^a   Perrot Applanat, M ^a  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; ENDOMETRIUM; EXTRAVASATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MITOGENICITY; NIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0033984861     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod62.2.439     Document Type: Article

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