The cytoskeleton of uterine epithelial and stromal cells

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

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 66-75

  Lindsay, Laura A ^a   Murphy, Christopher R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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