Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 2 , Pages 489-499 , February 2009

Infertile women with isolated polycystic ovaries are deficient in endometrial expression of osteopontin but not αvβ3 integrin during the implantation window

  • Renée DuQuesnay, MRCOG

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, London W12 0NN, United Kingdom
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  • Corrina Wright, M.B., B.Ch.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Histopathology, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, London W12 0NN, United Kingdom
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  • Anita Abdul Aziz, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, London W12 0NN, United Kingdom
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  • Gordon W.H. Stamp, FRCPath.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Histopathology, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, London W12 0NN, United Kingdom
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  • Geoffrey H. Trew, MRCOG

      Affiliations

    • Division of Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, London W12 0NN, United Kingdom
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  • Raul A. Margara, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, London W12 0NN, United Kingdom
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  • John O. White, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Reproductive Biology Research Group, Institute of Life Science, Swansea University School of Medicine, Swansea, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: John O. White, Ph.D., Reproductive Biology Research Group, Institute of Life Science, Swansea University School of Medicine, Swansea SA2 8PP, United Kingdom (FAX: 01792602280).

Received 30 July 2006 ,Revised 19 November 2007 ,Accepted 19 November 2007.

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 R.D. has nothing to disclose. C.W. has nothing to disclose. A.A.A. has nothing to disclose. G.W.H.S. has nothing to disclose. G.H.T. has nothing to disclose. R.A.M. has nothing to disclose. J.O.W. has nothing to disclose.

 Supported by The Wellcome Trust, Grant Number 069773/Z/02/Z, and The Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Trust Fund, Hammersmith Hospital.

PII: S0015-0282(07)04129-5

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.11.063

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 2 , Pages 489-499 , February 2009

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