reproductive system
• the decidual response is diminished
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• display intricately extended luminal and glandular epithelia that surround the curving lumens with many branches on the uterine cross-sections suggesting epithelial overgrowth
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• no implantation sites are found
• embryos transferred into control females are able to attach to the uterus
• treatment with a low dose of an estrogen receptor antagonist rescues embryo implantation
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• ovulation and blastocyst formation are normal but no implantation sites are found
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embryo
• the decidual response is diminished
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