Structural differentiation of human uterine luminal and glandular epithelium during early pregnancy: An ultrastructural and immunohistochemical study

Placenta

Volumn 23, Issue 8-9, 2002, Pages 672-684

  Demir, R ^a   Kayisli, U A ^a,b   Celik Ozenci, C ^a,b   Korgun, E T ^a,c   Demir Weusten, A Y ^d   Arici, A ^b  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CD31 ANTIGEN; CYCLINE; CYTOKERATIN; FAS ANTIGEN; GLYCOGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; KERATIN;

APICAL MEMBRANE; APOCRINE GLAND; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INVASION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SECRETION; CELL SURFACE; CELL TYPE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; EUCHROMATIN; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATION PERIOD; GLYCOGEN SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MICROVILLUS; MITOCHONDRION; NUCLEOLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TROPHOBLAST; UTERUS CAVITY; ADULT; APOPTOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CYTOLOGY; DECIDUA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPITHELIUM; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GESTATIONAL AGE; METABOLISM; NIDATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD95; APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; DECIDUA; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; KERATINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROVILLI; PREGNANCY; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN;

EID: 0036725704     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/plac.2002.0841     Document Type: Article

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