Localization of matrix metalloproteinase-2 in uterine endometrium and ectopic implants

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 253-257

  Wenzl, René J ^a,b   Heinzl, Harald ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Immunohistochemistry; Invasion; Matrix; Metalloproteinase; Uterine endometrium

Indexed keywords

GELATINASE A; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GELATINASES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 2; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; UTERUS;

EID: 0031798348     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000009978     Document Type: Article

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