Morphological and functional aspects of the endometrium of asymptomatic post-menopausal women: Does the endometrium really age?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2246-2250

  Noci, Ivo ^a,b   Borri, Patrizia ^a   Scarselli, Gianfranco ^a   Chieffi, Orlando ^a   Bucciantini, Sandra ^a   Biagiotti, Roberto ^a   Paglierani, Milena ^a   Moncini, Daniela ^a   Taddei, Gianluigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Clinica Ginecologica e Ostetrica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endometrium; Post menopause

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM ATROPHY; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROVASCULATURE; MORPHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE;

EID: 0029835477     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019084     Document Type: Article

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