Histologic and functional aspects of the endometrium in the implantatory phase

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 131-133

  Bourgain, Claire ^a,b   Devroey, Paul ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Endometrium; Endometrium, implantatory phase; Implantation window

Indexed keywords

MUCIN 1;

BLASTOCYTE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NIDATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UTERUS BIOPSY;

EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 35348840892     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000101735     Document Type: Conference Paper

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