Is Irregular Regression of Corpora Lutea in Climacteric Women Caused by Age-Induced Alterations in the "Tissue Control System"?

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 327-341

  Bukovský, Antonín ^a,b   Caudle, Michael R ^a   Keenan, Jeffrey A ^a   Wimalasena, Jay ^a   Upadhyaya, Nirmala B ^a   Van Meter, Stuart E ^b  

^a Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Climacteric; Corpus luteum regression; Human ovary; Image analysis; Immunohistochemistry; Luteinizing hormone receptor; Lymphocyates; Macrophages; Mitogen activated protein kinase; Neutrophils; Pericytes; Thy 1 differentiation protein; Tissue control system

Indexed keywords

CD14 ANTIGEN; CD15 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; THY 1 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLIMACTERIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; LUTEOLYSIS; MACROPHAGE; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THECA CELL;

EID: 0030444714     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1996.tb00183.x     Document Type: Article

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