Aromatase expression in endometriosis

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 174-179

  Noble, Luis S ^a   Simpson, Evan R ^a   Johns, Alan ^a   Bulun, Serdar E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTROGEN; INTERLEUKIN 11; INTERLEUKIN 6; MESSENGER RNA;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; AROMATASE; BASE SEQUENCE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-11; INTERLEUKIN-6; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0030052305     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.1.174     Document Type: Article

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