Contrast-enhanced ultrasound reveals real-time spatial changes in vascular perfusion during early implantation in the macaque uterus

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Keator, Christopher S ^a   Lindner, Jonathan R ^b,c   Belcik, J Todd ^b   Bishop, Cecily V ^a   Slayden, Ov D ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Oregon Health and Science University Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast enhanced ultrasound; Doppler ultrasound; endometrium; implantation; macaque; pregnancy; progesterone; uterus; vascular perfusion

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCED ULTRASOUND; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; MACACA MULATTA; MYOMETRIUM; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTERUS; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 79952442418     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.01.040     Document Type: Article

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