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Uterus

Known as: Womb, Utero, Uteri 
The hollow thick-walled muscular organ in the female PELVIS. It consists of the fundus (the body) which is the site of EMBRYO IMPLANTATION and FETAL… 
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Cavity of uterusCervical AdenocarcinomaCervical Adenoid Basal CarcinomaCervical Clear Cell Adenocarcinoma

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Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Endometrial polyps in postmenopausal patients receiving tamoxifen.
The histologic features of an endometrial polyp include irregular, often dilated glands, thick-walled blood vessels, and a… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
An evaluation of vitamin E status in premature infants.
Prematurely born, low birth weight infants are abnormal by their very existence ex utero. Thus, the well-documented finding in… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Initiation of human parturition: XIII. Phospholipase C, phospholipase A2, and diacylglycerol lipase activities in fetal membranes and decidua vera tissues from early and late gestation.
Phospholipase C, phospholipase A2, and diacylglycerol lipase activities in human amnion, chorion laeve, and uterine decidua vera… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Role of prostaglandin production in spontaneous and oxytocin-induced uterine contractile activity in in vitro pregnant rat uteri.
The role of prostaglandins (PGs) in spontaneous and oxytocin-induced uterine contractions was studied. Uterine segments from… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
An investigation of progesterone receptors in guinea pig vagina, uterine cervix, mammary glands, pituitary and hypothalamus.
Specific progesterone binding macromolecules were found in the cytosol of the vagina, the uterine cervix and the mammary glands… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Production of twins in cattle by egg transfer.
Summary. A total of fifty-two heifers was used in an egg transfer experiment to study methods of inducing twinning in cattle. Two… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Uterine progesterone metabolism and progestational response: effects of estrogens and prolactin.
The effects of estrone (lμg/day) and prolactin (200 μg/day), alone and in combination, on deciduomal growth in response to… 
Highly Cited
1966
Highly Cited
1966
Amounts of interstitial cell-stimulating hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone required for follicular development, uterine growth and ovulation in the hypophysectomized rat.
Female rats of the Sprague- Dawley strain were hypophysectomized at 28 days of age; 7 days later, subcutaneous injections of… 
Highly Cited
1964
Highly Cited
1964
GENERALIZED UNBALANCED MOSAICISM ATTRIBUTABLE TO DISPERMY AND PROBABLE FERTILIZATION OF A POLAR BODY.
BLOOD GROUP MOSAICISM of human erythrocyte populations has been attributed in several instances to naturally occurring… 
Highly Cited
1945
Highly Cited
1945
The Qualitative and Quantitative Histological Examination of Biopsy Material from Patients Treated by Radiation for Carcinoma of the Cervix Uteri
The individual response to radiation of 166 carcinomata of the cervix uteri, treated since 1938, has been assessed by means of a…