Immunohistochemical assessment of steroid hormone receptors in tissues of the anal canal: Implications for anal incontinence?

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 892-895

  Franz, Heiko B G ^a   Wendler, Diether ^b   Oettling, Günter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b KLINIKUM LUDWIGSHAFEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anal incontinence; Anal muscles; Anal stroma; Estrogen receptors; Progesterone receptors

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; HORMONE RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; STEROID RECEPTOR;

ANTIGEN BINDING; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0030444864     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016349609055023     Document Type: Article

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