Fertility and Sterility
Volume 78, Issue 5 , Pages 973-978 , November 2002

Role of endocrine status and cell type in adhesion of human endometrial cells to the peritoneum in nude mice

  • Aude Beliard, M.D.

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    • Laboratory of Biology of Tumors and Development, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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  • Agnes Noël, Ph.D.

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Agnes Noel, Ph.D., Laboratory of Tumor and Development Biology, Tower of Pathology, B23, Sart Tilman, 4000 Liège, Belgium (FAX: 32-4-366-29-36)
    • Laboratory of Biology of Tumors and Development, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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  • Frederic Goffin, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Biology of Tumors and Development, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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  • Francis Frankenne, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Biology of Tumors and Development, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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  • Jean-Michel Foidart, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Biology of Tumors and Development, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium

Received 4 October 2001 ,Revised 6 February 2002 ,Accepted 6 February 2002.

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☆ This work was supported by grants from the Communauté Française de Belgique (Actions de Recherches Concertées), the Commission of European Communities, the Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique Médicale, the Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique (FNRS, Belgium), the Fédération Belge Contre le Cancer, the Fonds spéciaux de la Recherche (University of Liège), the Centre Anticancéreux près l’Université de Liège, the CGER-FORTIS-Assurances, the Fondation Léon Frédéricq (University of Liège), the DGTRE from the “Région Wallonne”, the Fonds d’Investissements de la Recherche Scientifique (CHU, Liège, Belgium), and General RE-Luxembourg. AN is a senior associate researcher and FG is an assistant researcher at the FNRS (Belgium).

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Fertility and Sterility
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