Patterns of uterine cellular proliferation and apoptosis in the implantation site of the rat pregnancy

Placenta

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 538-547

  Correia da Silva, George ^a   Bell, S C ^b   Pringle, J H ^b   Teixeira, N A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CYCLINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DECIDUA; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METRIAL GLAND; NEUTROPHIL; NICK END LABELING; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; STROMA CELL; TISSUE REPAIR;

EID: 2542578523     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2003.11.007     Document Type: Article

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