Tubal transport of gametes and embryos: a review of physiology and pathophysiology

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1337-1347

  Ezzati, Mohammad ^a   Djahanbakhch, Ovrang ^b   Arian, Sara ^c   Carr, Bruce R ^a  

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

^b ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cilia; Ciliary beat frequency; Fallopian tube; Tubal fluid; Tubal transport

Indexed keywords

ADRENOMEDULLIN; ANGIOTENSIN; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PROSTAGLANDIN; STEROID;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHOLINERGIC STIMULATION; CILIARY MOTILITY; CILIATED EPITHELIUM; CONCEPTION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FERTILIZATION; GAMETE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INFECTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; REVIEW; SMOKING; UTERINE TUBE; UTERUS CAVITY; VASCULARIZATION; ANIMAL; FEMALE; GERM CELL; INFERTILITY THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; UTERUS;

EID: 84918510905     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: 15737330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-014-0309-x     Document Type: Review

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