Endometrial extracellular matrix

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

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 364-378

  Aplin, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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