Multi-level and multi-scale integrative approach to the understanding of human blastocyst implantation

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 49-60

  Sengupta, Jayasree ^a   Ghosh, Debabrata ^b  

^a HINDU RAO HOSPITAL   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Endometrium; Implantation; Informational networks; Receptivity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYOLOGY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; NIDATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYOLOGY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 84897957162     PISSN: 00796107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2013.12.001     Document Type: Article

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