Immunohistochemical analysis of distribution of estrogen receptors and progesterone receptors in the postmenopausal endometrium

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 702-706

  Koshiyama, Masafumi ^a   Yoshida, Masumi ^a   Takemura, Maki ^a   Yura, Yasuichirou ^a   Matsushita, Katsuko ^a   Hayashi, Michiharu ^a   Tauchi, Kunihiko ^a   Konishi, Ikuo ^b   Mori, Takahide ^b  

^a TENRI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Endometrial thickness; Estrogen receptor; Postmenopausal endometrium; Progesterone receptor

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; THICKNESS;

EID: 0029861033     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016349609065730     Document Type: Article

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