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A model for implantation of the human blastocyst and early placentation
1 May 1996
Abstract excerpt
We describe here a molecular model of blastocyst implantation which is based on two assumptions: (i) that implantation of the human blastocyst into the endometrium is a process which is very similar to tumour invasion of a host tissue; and (ii) that the cytotrophoblastic cells of a first trimester pregnancy retain almost all the properties of the trophectodermal cells of the blastocyst and can thus be used as...
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