Morphometric analysis of the uterine endometrium of swine on days 12 and 16 postestrus

Anatomical Record - Part A Discoveries in Molecular, Cellular, and Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 270, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-66

  Blackwell, Dianna M ^a   Speth, Robert C ^a   Mirando, Mark A ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endometrium; Epithelial cell; Morphometry; Pig; Stromal cell; Uterus

Indexed keywords

PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL COUNT; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIESTRUS; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LUTEOLYSIS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN RELEASE; STROMA CELL; SWINE;

SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0042497303     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.a.10182     Document Type: Article

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