Effects of progesterone on uterine leiomyoma growth and apoptosis

Steroids

Volumn 65, Issue 10-11, 2000, Pages 585-592

  Maruo, Takeshi ^a   Matsuo, Hiroya ^a   Samoto, Takashi ^a   Shimomura, Yosuke ^a   Kurachi, Osamu ^a   Gao, Zhijian ^a   Wang, Yin ^a   Spitz, Irving M ^b   Johansson, Elof ^b  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

17 Estradiol; Bcl 2 protein; EGF; Levonorgestrel releasing IUS; Progesterone; Uterine myoma

Indexed keywords

CYCLINE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; GESTAGEN; LEVONORGESTREL; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN BCL 2;

APOPTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MENORRHAGIA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; TUMOR GROWTH; UTERUS MYOMA;

APOPTOSIS; CELL DIVISION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; PROGESTERONE; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033669358     PISSN: 0039128X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-128X(00)00171-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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