Implantation and the survival of early pregnancy

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 345, Issue 19, 2001, Pages 1400-1408

  Norwitz, Errol R ^a   Schust, Danny J ^a   Fisher, Susan J ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOLOGIC FACTOR; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; PROSTAGLANDIN DERIVATIVE; STEROID HORMONE;

CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; FETUS; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMPLANTATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURES; REVIEW; UTERUS FUNCTION;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDINS;

EID: 0035829844     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra000763     Document Type: Review

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