Uterine stromal cell differentiation in non-decidualizing species

The Endometrium: Molecular, Cellular and Clinical Perspectives, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 409-421

  Johnson, Gregory A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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