Changes in vascular basement membrane in the endometrium of Norplant users

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 716-721

  Hickey, M ^a,b,c   Simbar, M ^a,b,c   Markham, R ^a,b,c   Young, L ^a,b,c   Manconi, R ^a,b,c   Russell, P ^a,b,c   Fraser, I S ^a,b,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Basement membrane; Collagen IV; Endometrium; Endothelial; Laminin; Norplant; Proteoglycan

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 4; LAMININ; LEVONORGESTREL; PROGESTERONE; PROTEOHEPARAN SULFATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING DISORDER; CAPILLARY BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CAPILLARY RESISTANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE COMPONENT; MENSTRUATION; STAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033000076     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.3.716     Document Type: Article

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