Clonality analysis of bilateral ovarian endometrial cysts

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1142-1143

  Jimbo, Haruko ^a,b   Hitomi, Yoshiaki ^b   Yoshikawa, Hiroyuki ^a   Yano, Testu ^a   Momoeda, Mikio ^a   Yasugi, Toshiharu ^a   Taketani, Yuji ^a   Esumi, Hiroyasu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; CLONOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; METHYLATION; OVARY CYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0032745929     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(99)00416-1     Document Type: Article

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