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Figure 12. — Endometrium of eariiest pregnancy ( Figures 9, 11; no. 3, Table 4). Uterine lumen (L) at right. Note the marked edema 

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Figure 13. — Typical capillary distension (arrows) and neovascularization of endometrial stroma immediately beneath surface 

 endometrial epithelium in early pregnancy (no. 9, Table 4; hematoxylin and eosin x 300). 



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