Whole explants of peritoneum and endometrium: A novel model of the early endometriosis lesion

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 56-60

  Witz, Craig A ^a   Monotoya Rodriguez, Iris A ^a   Schenken, Robert S ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell adhesion; Endometriosis; Endometrium; Explant; Mesothelium; Peritoneum; Tissue culture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; EXPLANT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESOTHELIUM; PERITONEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE CULTURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADULT; CELL ADHESION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PERITONEUM; STROMAL CELLS;

EID: 0032928112     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(98)00400-2     Document Type: Article

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