The influence of tamoxifen on the maturation index of vaginal epithelium

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 121-124

  Friedrich, M ^a,b   Mink, D ^a   Villena Heinsen, C ^a   Woll Hermann, A ^a   Wagner, S ^a   Schmidt, W ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Maturation index; Tamoxifen; Vaginal epithelium

Indexed keywords

TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VAGINA EPITHELIUM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; EPITHELIUM; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, HORMONE-DEPENDENT; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAMOXIFEN; VAGINA; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0032418795     PISSN: 03906663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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