Evaluation of a menstrual cup to collect shed endometrium for in vitro studies

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 560-564

  Koks, Carolien A M ^a,b   Arends, Jan Willem ^c   Dunselman, Gerard A J ^a   Evers, Johannes L H ^a   De Goeij, Anton F P M ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Endometrium; Keeper; Menstruum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MENSTRUATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MENSTRUATION; MICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0342276099     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)00250-1     Document Type: Article

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