Vascular smooth muscle α-actin distribution around endometrial arterioles during the menstrual cycle: Increased expression during the perimenopause and lack of correlation with menorrhagia

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 204-211

  Abberton, K M ^a   Taylor, N H ^a   Healy, D L ^a   Rogers, P A W ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arterioles; Endometrium; Menorrhagia; Perimenopause; actin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN;

ADULT; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MENOPAUSE; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0030043682     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019020     Document Type: Article

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