Human endometrium ultrastructure during the implantation window: A new perspective of the epithelium cell types

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 525-539

  Bartosch, Carla ^a,b   Lopes, José Manuel ^a   Beires, Jorge ^b   Sousa, Mário ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

endometrium; human; implantation window; ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APOCRINE GLAND; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CILIATED EPITHELIUM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROVILLI RICH CELL; NIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PINOPODE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCYTOSIS; VESICULATED CELL;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CILIA; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROVILLI; TRANSCYTOSIS;

EID: 79956140236     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719110392055     Document Type: Article

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