Structural changes in endometrial basal glands during menstruation

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1175-1185

  Garry, R ^a   Hart, R ^b   Karthigasu, K A ^a   Burke, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Department of Reproductive Medicine ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Cell differentiation; cell division; endometrial glands; endometrial progenitorstem cells; menstruation

Indexed keywords

CD68 ANTIGEN; KI 67 ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL REGENERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; MITOSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; STEM CELL; STROMA CELL;

APOPTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MACROPHAGES; MENSTRUATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEM CELLS; STROMAL CELLS;

EID: 77955817281     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2010.02630.x     Document Type: Article

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