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1 - Endometrial Development and Gene Expression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 February 2017

By
Alejandro Rincón ,
María Ruíz-Alonso ,
Patricia Díaz-Gimeno ,
Felipe Vilella  and
Carlos Simón
Edited by
Roy G. Farquharson  and
Mary D. Stephenson
Roy G. Farquharson
Affiliation:
Liverpool Women's Hospital
Mary D. Stephenson
Affiliation:
University of Illinois College of Medicine
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Early Pregnancy , pp. 1 - 12
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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