The significance of smooth muscle bundles in the endocervical submucosa

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 113-116

  Tiltman, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE;

AGE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE; UTERINE CERVIX MUCOSA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCLE, SMOOTH;

EID: 0031963332     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1998.tb09361.x     Document Type: Article

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