Apoptosis is not altered by clomiphene citrate in pseudopregnant rat uteri

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 105-116

  Hosie, Margot J ^a   Stewart, Caron M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Clomiphene citrate; Implantation; Pseudopregnancy; Uterine epithelium; Uterus

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CELL CULTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TISSUE;

APOPTOSIS; CLOMIPHENE CITRATE; PSEUDOPREGNANCY; UTERINE EPITHELIUM;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

CLOMIFENE CITRATE; ESTROGEN; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; MICROVILLUS; NICK END LABELING; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PSEUDOPREGNANCY; RAT; SPECIES COMPARISON;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33744972797     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: 16180372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2006.02.001     Document Type: Article

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