Pelvic adhesions contain sex steroid receptors and produce angiogenesis growth factors

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 69, Issue 3 SUPPL. 2, 1998, Pages 511-516

  Wiczyk, Halina P ^a,b   Grow, Daniel R ^a   Adams, Lorrie A ^a   O'Shea, Donna L ^a   Reece, Margaret T ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesions; Estradiol and progesterone receptors; Growth factors

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; STEROID RECEPTOR; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; MESOTHELIUM CELL; PELVIS; PERITONEUM ADHESION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADHESIONS; ADULT; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOKINES; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PERITONEAL DISEASES; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 0031953393     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(97)00529-3     Document Type: Article

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