Effects of extremely low-frequency electromagnetic field on fertility and heights of epithelial cells in pre-implantation stage endometrium and fallopian tube in mice

Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 56-60

  Rajaei, Farzad ^a   Borhani, Nasim ^a   Sabbagh Ziarani, Fatemeh ^a   Mashayekhi, Farhad ^b  

^a QAZVIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUILAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Endometrium; Epithelium; Fallopian tube; Fertility; Mice

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; UTERINE TUBE; UTERUS HORN;

ANIMALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MICE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 75749092626     PISSN: 16721977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3736/jcim20100111     Document Type: Article

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