Endometrial receptivity

The Endometrium: Molecular, Cellular and Clinical Perspectives, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 305-318

  Lessey, Bruce A ^a   Glasser, Stanley R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

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