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To my knowledge, no one has ever written a comprehensive treatise on the comparative morphology of the mammalian endometrium. There is a fair amount of information available, but it has to be gleaned from the literature on other subjects, such as estrous cycles, pseudopregnancy, etc. Thus I have had to rely to a large extent on my own experience in examining microscopic sections made in my study of placentation. What I am able to present is therefore not a well-rounded finished thesis, but rather a somewhat fragmentary and tentative sketch of the field.
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Massman, H.W. (1980). Comparative Morphology of the Endometrium. In: Kimball, F.A. (eds) The Endometrium. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7855-6_1
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