Develpmental changes at the materno-embryonic interface in early pregnancy of the alpaca, Lamos pacos

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 207, Issue 4-5, 2003, Pages 317-331

  Olivera, L V M ^a,d   Zago, D A ^b,d   Jones, C J P ^c   Bevilacqua, E ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL ALTIPLANO   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTO AMARO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Camelids; Chorion; Endometrium; Implantation; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALPACA; PLACENTAL PEPTIDE HORMONE; PROLACTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PLACENTA LACTOGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; BLASTOCYST; CAPILLARY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOMETRIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GESTATIONAL AGE; IMPLANTATION; LAMOS PACOS; LUTEAL PHASE; MORPHOLOGY; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; MULTINUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SECRETORY GRANULE; TROPHOBLAST; UTERUS CAVITY; UTERUS HORN; VASCULARIZATION; ANIMAL; BREEDING; CHORION; CYTOLOGY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; NIDATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALIA; ARTIODACTYLA; LAMA PACOS;

ANIMALS; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; CHORION; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PLACENTAL LACTOGEN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 0347986546     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-003-0346-1     Document Type: Article

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