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Kapiteijn, C. J. (2006, June 12). Angionesis and the inception of pregnancy. Retrieved from
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C o v e r: D ic k Be n s d o rp
L a y -o u t: G ra fi s c h b u re a u C h ris tin e v a n d e r V e n , V o o rs c h o te n P rin te d b y : G ra fi s c h e P ro d u c tie s , U n iv e rs ita ir F a c ilita ir Be d rijf, L e id e n
F in a n c ia l s u p p o rt fo r th e p u b lic a tio n o f th is th e s is w a s p ro v id e d b y F e rrin g BV , J.E . Ju r-ria a n s e Stic h tin g a n d Bro n o v o R e s e a rc h F o n d s .
ANGIOGENESIS AND
THE INCEPTION OF PREGNANCY
Pr o e fs c h r ift
ter verkrijging van
de graad van Doctor aan de Universiteit Leiden, op gez ag van de Rector M agnificus Dr. D.D. Breim er,
hoogleraar in de faculteit der W iskunde en Natuurwetenschappen en die der Geneeskunde,
volgens besluit van het College voor Prom oties te verdedigen op m aandag 12 juni 2006
te klokke 14.15 uur
door
Prof. Dr. V.W.M. van Hinsbergh (Vrije Universiteit A msterdam)
Coprom otor: Dr. P. Koolwijk
Referent: Prof. Dr. E.A .P. Steegers (Erasmus Universitair Medisch Centrum Rotterdam)
CONTENTS
Chapter 1 General introduction ...
Chapter 2 Dutch women with a low birth weight have an increased risk of myocardial infarction later in life: a case control study ... Reproductive Health 2005,2:1
Chapter 3 Does subfertility ex plain the risk of poor perinatal outcome after IVF and ovarian hyperstimulation? ... S ub m itted
Chapter 4 Enhanced angiogenic capacity and urokinase-type plasminogen activator ex pression by endothelial cells isolated from human endometrium ... Journ al of C lin ical E n docrin olog y & M etab olis m 2001; 8 6 ,3 3 59 -3 3 6 7
Chapter 5 Involvement of membrane-type matrix metalloproteinases (MT -MMPs) in capillary tube formation by human endometrial microvascular endothelial cells: role of MT 3-MMP. ... Journ al of C lin ical E n docrin olog y & M etab olis m 2004 ; 8 9 ,58 28 -58 3 6
Chapter 6 Steroids and cytokines in endometrial angiogenesis. (Review) ... A n tican cer Res earch 2001; 21,4 23 1-4 24 2
Chapter 7 Effects of ovarian steroids on human endometrial endothelial and stromal cells. Evidence for paracrine regulation of angiogenesis... S ub m itted
Chapter 8 Human embryo-conditioned medium stimulates in vitro endometrial angiogenesis ... F ertility an d S terility 2006 ; 8 5 S uppl 1,123 2-123 9
Chapter 9 General discussion...
Chapter 10 Summary & Samenvatting...
Publications...
Nawoord ...
Appendix: color figures ... 183
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