Angiogenesis in normal, hyperplastic, and neoplastic endometrium

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 317-320

  Morgan, Kate G ^a,b   Wilkinson, Nafisa ^a   Buckley, C Hilary ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b STEPPING HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

angiogenesis; endometrial hyperplasia; endometrioid adenocarcinoma; endometrium; Factor VIII related antigen

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER GRADING; CURETTAGE; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CELL DIVISION; ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

EID: 0029792193     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199607)179:3<317::AID-PATH598>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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