Endothelial nitric oxide synthase in the endometrium during the menstrual cycle in patients with endometriosis and adenomyosis

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 303-308

  Ota, Hirotaka ^a,c   Igarashi, Shinichi ^b   Hatazawa, Junichi ^a   Tanaka, Toshinobu ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

^c AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adenomyosis; Endometriosis; Endometrium; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase; Uterus

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ADENOMYOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; COHORT STUDIES; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0031907578     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)00478-0     Document Type: Article

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