Temporal and morphologic characteristics of pinopod expression across the secretory phase of the endometrial cycle in normally cycling women with proven fertility

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 970-974

  Usadi, Rebecca S ^a   Murray, Michael J ^a,c   Bagnell, Robert C ^a   Fritz, Marc A ^a   Kowalik, Ania I ^a   Meyer, William R ^a   Lessey, Bruce A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endometrial receptivity; Endometrium; Implantation; Pinopods; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LUTEAL PHASE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NORMAL HUMAN; PINOPOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0037381741     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(02)04929-4     Document Type: Article

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