Endometrial stromal cells of women with recurrent miscarriage fail to discriminate between high- and low-quality human embryos

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Weimar, Charlotte H E ^a   Kavelaars, Annemieke ^a   Brosens, Jan J ^b   Gellersen, Birgit ^c   de Vreeden Elbertse, Johanna M T ^a   Heijnen, Cobi J ^a   Macklon, Nick S ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c ENDOKRINOLOGIKUM HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL MIGRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EMBRYO; RECURRENT ABORTION; SPHEROID CELL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STROMA CELL; TROPHOBLAST;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADULT; CELL MOVEMENT; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; SPHEROIDS, CELLULAR; STROMAL CELLS; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 84864342115     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041424     Document Type: Article

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