Establishment of an efficient method to quantify embryo attachment to endometrial epithelial cell monolayers

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Animal

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 505-511

  Li, Hsin Yang ^a,b   Chang, Sheng Ping ^b   Yuan, Chiou Chung ^b   Chao, Hsiang Tai ^b   Ng, Heung Tat ^b   Sung, Yen Jen ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adhesion assay; Blastocyst; Centrifugation; Endometrium; Implantation

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHELATING AGENT; CALCIUM ION; EDETIC ACID; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID; PENTETIC ACID; THAPSIGARGIN; VERAPAMIL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL ADHESION; CELL INTERACTION; CENTRIFUGATION; CHELATION; COCULTURE; CONVALESCENCE; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MECHANICS; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SPHEROID CELL; TROPHOBLAST;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0036826069     PISSN: 10712690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1290/1071-2690(2002)038<0505:eoaemt>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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