Leuprolide acetate-treated leiomyomas retain their relative overexpression of collagen type I and collagen type III messenger ribonucleic acid

Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 44-47

  Stewart Md, Elizabeth A ^a   Rhoades Bs, Alan R ^a   Nowak Phd, Romana A ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Collagen; Gonadotropin releasing hormone agonist; Leiomyomas; Myometrium

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; FIBRONECTIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; LEUPRORELIN; MESSENGER RNA; STEROID HORMONE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLANT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; LEIOMYOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; COLLAGEN; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; FIBRONECTINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; LEUPROLIDE; MYOMETRIUM; RNA, MESSENGER; TUBULIN; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031930480     PISSN: 10715576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-5576(97)00097-X     Document Type: Article

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