Differentiation of murine uterine NK cells in ectopically grafted uterine tissues

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 561-566

  Nakamura, Orie ^a   Hondo, Eiichi ^a   Kokubu, Keiji ^a   Kiso, Yasuo ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Decidualization; Differentiation; Progesterone; Transplantation; Uterine natural killer cell

Indexed keywords

EID: 25444491743     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.48.561     Document Type: Article

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