Lynn Buchwalder
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· 4 papers in corpus
· active 2005-2010
BACKGROUND: Irregular uterine bleeding is the major side effect of, and cause for, discontinuation of long-term progestin-only contraceptives (LTPOCs). The endometria of LTPOC-treated women display abnormally enlarged, fragile blood vessels…
Progesterone-induced decidualized human endometrial stromal cells form a hemostatic envelope that protects against hemorrhage during invasion of endometrial capillaries by implanting blastocyst-derived cytotrophoblasts (CTs). This hemostati…
This chapter focuses on the role of progestin-induced decidualisation in regulating endometrial haemostasis and vascular stability. Observations made by in situ hybridisation and immunohistochemistry of endometrial sections, together with i…