Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 1 , Pages 210-219 , 1 January 2010

First-trimester human decidua contains a population of mesenchymal stem cells

  • Rumen Dimitrov, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biology and Immunology of Reproduction, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
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  • Dobroslav Kyurkchiev, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Clinical Immunology, University Hospital “Sv. I. Rilski,” Medical University Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
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  • Tanya Timeva, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Ob/Gyn Hospital “Dr. Shterev,” Sofia, Bulgaria
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  • Maria Yunakova, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Ob/Gyn Hospital “Dr. Shterev,” Sofia, Bulgaria
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  • Maria Stamenova, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biology and Immunology of Reproduction, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
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  • Atanas Shterev, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Ob/Gyn Hospital “Dr. Shterev,” Sofia, Bulgaria
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  • Stanimir Kyurkchiev, M.D., D.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biology and Immunology of Reproduction, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Stanimir Kyurkchiev, M.D., D.Sc., Department of Molecular Immunology, Institute of Biology and Immunology of Reproduction, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 73 Tzarigradsko shosse, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria (FAX: 359-2-720925).

Received 18 February 2008 ,Revised 2 September 2008 ,Accepted 19 September 2008.

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 R.D. has nothing to disclose. D.K. has nothing to disclose. T.T. has nothing to disclose. M.Y. has nothing to disclose. M.S. has nothing to disclose. A.S. has nothing to disclose. S.K. has nothing to disclose.

 Supported in part by grant nos. G-4-01/2005 and L-1517/2005 from the National Science Fund of the Ministry of Education and Science, Sofia, Bulgaria.

PII: S0015-0282(08)04060-0

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.09.061

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 1 , Pages 210-219 , 1 January 2010

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