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METHODS: Frozen and paraffin wax embedded sections of endometrium from non-pregnant women and early pregnancy decidua were labelled using single and double immunohistochemical techniques with monoclonal antibodies directed against oestrogen and progesterone receptors and various leucocyte subpopulations. RESULTS: Despite the prominence of CD56 positive endometrial granulated lymphocytes in late secretory phase endometrium and early pregnancy decidua, double immunohistochemical labelling showed no evidence of expression of either progesterone or oestrogen receptors by these cells or other endometrial leucocyte populations. 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