The nucleolar channel system reliably marks the midluteal endometrium regardless of fertility status: A fresh look at an old organelle

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Rybak, Eli A ^a   Szmyga, Michael J ^a   Zapantis, Gregory ^a,b   Rausch, Mary ^c   Beshay, Victor E ^d   Polotsky, Alex J ^a   Coutifaris, Christos ^c   Carr, Bruce R ^d   Santoro, Nanette ^a,e   Meier, U Thomas ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b East Coast Fertility   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

endometrium; immunofluorescence; Nucleolar channel system; receptivity; secretory transformation; unexplained infertility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LUTEAL PHASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOLAR CHANNEL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 79952452990     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.10.030     Document Type: Article

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