In-vitro model of uterine leiomyomas: Formation of ball-like aggregates

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1724-1730

  Kobayashi, Y ^a   Nikaido, T ^a   Zhai, Y L ^a   Iinuma, M ^a   Shiozawa, T ^a   Shirota, M ^b   Fujii, S ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SANOFI   (France)

Author keywords

Ball like aggregates; Hills and valleys; Smooth muscle; Tissue culture; Uterine leiomyoma

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; FIBRONECTIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MYOMETRIUM; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; SMOOTH MUSCLE; UTERUS MYOMA;

EID: 0029795265     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019476     Document Type: Article

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