Table 1 |
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Epithelial characteristics used to evaluate uterine biopsies using SEM |
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Epithelial Characteristics |
Cycle 1 |
Cycle 2 |
Cycle 3 |
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Epithelial abundance |
+ |
+++ |
+++ |
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Tissue inhomogeneity |
+++ |
+++ |
+ |
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Cell inhomogeneity |
+++ |
++ |
+ |
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Gland abundance |
+++ |
++ |
+ |
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Gland opening |
+++ |
+++ |
+ |
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Cilia groups |
+ |
+ |
+++ |
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Single cilium |
+ |
++ |
+++ |
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Microvilli height |
++ |
+ |
+ |
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Microvilli density |
+++ |
+ |
+ |
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Apical membrane defects |
++ |
+++ |
+ |
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Cell separation |
+++ |
+++ |
+ |
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Denuded apices |
+ |
+++ |
+ |
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Flattened cells |
+++ |
++ |
+ |
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Deflated cells |
++ |
++ |
++ |
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Apical protrusion |
++ |
++ |
+++ |
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Uterodome development |
+++ |
+++ |
+++ |
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Uterodome – abundance |
+ |
+ |
++ |
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Cell borders |
++ |
++ |
+ |
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Crevices |
++ |
++ |
+++ |
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Secretion |
++ |
+ |
+++ |
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+ = few, barely present, low, small, developing ++ = moderate, average, regressing +++ = abundant, large, wide, fully developed |
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Adams and Murphy BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2001 1:3 doi:10.1186/1471-2393-1-3 |
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