Pathological studies of apoptosis in the normal breast

Endocrine-Related Cancer

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 9-12

  Anderson, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; BREAST; BREAST DUCT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PATHOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

APOPTOSIS; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, HORMONAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTATION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MITOSIS; PARITY; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREMENOPAUSE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0032946427     PISSN: 13510088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/erc.0.0060009     Document Type: Review

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