Microvascular development and growth of uterine tissue during the estrous cycle in mares

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 526-530

  Ferreira Dias, Graça M ^a   Serrão, Paula M ^a   Costa Durão, José F ^a   Silva, José Robalo ^a  

^a FACULDADE DE MEDICINA VETERINÁRIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

DNA; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN; RNA;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HORSE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MICROCIRCULATION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; DNA; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HORSES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROCIRCULATION; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PROGESTERONE; PROTEINS; RNA;

EID: 0035319301     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2001.62.526     Document Type: Article

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