Tissue integrity is essential for ectopic implantation of human endometrium in the chicken chorioallantoic membrane

Human Reproduction

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 30-34

  Nap, Annemiek W ^a   Groothuis, Patrick G ^a   Demir, Ayse Y ^a   Maas, Jacques W M ^a   Dunselman, Gerard A J ^a   De Goeij, Anton F P M ^a   Evers, Johannes L H ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chorioallantoic membrane model; Ectopic implantation; Endometriosis; Menstrual endometrium; Tissue integrity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CHICKEN; CHORIOALLANTOIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; ECTOPIC TISSUE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANTATION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0037253368     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deg033     Document Type: Article

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