Placenta
Volume 29, Issue 6 , Pages 523-530 , June 2008

Cyclooxygenase-2 Derived PGE2 and PGI2 Play an Important Role Via EP2 and PPARδ Receptors in Early Steps of Oil Induced Decidualization in Mice

,Accepted 3 March 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2008.03.001

Placenta
Volume 29, Issue 6 , Pages 523-530 , June 2008

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