Lymphatics in the human endometrium disappear during decidualization

Human Reproduction

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2455-2464

  Volchek, Mila ^a,b   Girling, Jane E ^a   Lash, Gendie E ^c   Cann, Leonie ^a   Kumar, Beena ^b   Robson, Stephen C ^c   Bulmer, Judith N ^c   Rogers, Peter A W ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

human; lymphatics; placental bed; pregnancy; spiral artery

Indexed keywords

PODOPLANIN;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECIDUA; DECIDUALIZATION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMBRYO; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH VESSEL; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PROTEIN CONTENT; SMOOTH MUSCLE; TISSUE SECTION; TROPHOBLAST;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 77956924049     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deq224     Document Type: Article

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