Fertility and Sterility
Volume 85 , Pages 1232-1239 , April 2006

Human embryo–conditioned medium stimulates in vitro endometrial angiogenesis

  • Kitty Kapiteijn, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Biomedical Research, TNO Quality of Life, Leiden, The Netherlands
    • Department of Gynecology, and Reproductive Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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  • Pieter Koolwijk, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Biomedical Research, TNO Quality of Life, Leiden, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Pieter Koolwijk, Ph.D., TNO Quality of Life, Zernikedreef 9, 2333 CK Leiden, The Netherlands (FAX: +31 71 5181901)
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  • Robin M.F. van der Weiden, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St. Franciscus Gasthuis, Rotterdam
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  • Geerten van Nieuw Amerongen, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Institute for Cardiovascular Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Margreet Plaisier, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Biomedical Research, TNO Quality of Life, Leiden, The Netherlands
    • Department of Gynecology, and Reproductive Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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  • Victor W.M. van Hinsbergh, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Biomedical Research, TNO Quality of Life, Leiden, The Netherlands
    • Department of Physiology, Institute for Cardiovascular Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Frans M. Helmerhorst, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gynecology, and Reproductive Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Received 5 August 2005 ,Revised 3 November 2005 ,Accepted 3 November 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.11.029

Fertility and Sterility
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