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Decidua

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Definition: The hormone-responsive glandular layer of ENDOMETRIUM that sloughs off at each menstrual flow (decidua menstrualis) or at the termination of pregnancy. During pregnancy, the thickest part of the decidua forms the maternal portion of the PLACENTA, thus named decidua placentalis. The thin portion of the decidua covering the rest of the embryo is the decidua capsularis.     
Examples Deciduoma 		Other names Deciduas; Deciduum
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
pregnancy-specific protein D2  0   *Pregnancy Proteins Decidua. Vopr Med Khim 1984;30(2):67
pregnancy-specific protein D1  0   *Pregnancy Proteins Decidua. Vopr Med Khim 1984;30(2):67
decidualization-associated protein, rat  0   *Glycoproteins *Pregnancy-Associated alpha 2-Macroglobulins Decidua/physiology Pregnancy, Animal. J Reprod Fertil. 1996;108(2):289-98

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