Beta3 integrin expression within uterine endometrium and its relationship with unexplained infertility

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 2495-2499

  Ghafourian Boroujerdnia, Mehri ^a   Nikbakht, R ^a  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

3 integrin; Endometrium; Infertility; Secretory phase

Indexed keywords

BETA3 INTEGRIN; CD1 ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOPSY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; UTERUS;

ANTIGENS, CD1; BIOPSY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INTEGRIN BETA3; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; UTERUS;

EID: 57749083533     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2008.2495.2499     Document Type: Article

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