Morphometric evaluation of stromal vascularization in the endometrium in adenomyosis

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 715-719

  Ota, Hirotaka ^a   Igarashi, Shinichi ^b   Tanaka, Toshinobu ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Koto General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adenomyosis; Endometrium; Endothelial cell; Uterus; Vascularization

Indexed keywords

VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADENOMYOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERMENORRHEA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MORPHOMETRICS; NORMAL HUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0031920129     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.3.715     Document Type: Article

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