Uterine natural killer cells and angiogenesis in recurrent reproductive failure

Human Reproduction

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-54

  Quenby, Siobhan ^a   Nik, Helena ^a   Innes, Barbara ^b   Lash, Gendie ^b   Turner, Mark ^a   Drury, Jo ^a   Bulmer, Judith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Endometrium; Recurrent implantation failure; Recurrent miscarriage; uNK cells

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD FLOW; CELL DENSITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CIRCULATION; EDEMA; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMPLANTATION; LYMPH VESSEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NATURAL KILLER CELL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREGNANCY DISORDER; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE FAILURE; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 57749174666     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/den348     Document Type: Article

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