Blood and lymphatic vasculature in the ovary: Development, function and disease

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 29-39

  Brown, H M ^a   Russell, D L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood; Lymphatic; Ovary; Remodelling; Vessel

Indexed keywords

ADAMTS1 PROTEIN; GROWTH FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; PROTEINASE; VASCULOTROPIN A; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CORPUS LUTEUM; ESTRUS CYCLE; FLUID BALANCE; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; LYMPH VESSEL; MASSIVE OVARIAN EDEMA; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NONHUMAN; OVARY BLOOD VASCULATURE; OVARY DISEASE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FUNCTION; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; OVARY LYMPHATIC VASCULATURE; OVARY METASTASIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; ZEBRA FISH;

BLOOD; LYMPHATIC; OVARY; REMODELLING; VESSEL;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; OVARIAN DISEASES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY;

EID: 84889641605     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: 14602369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmt049     Document Type: Article

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