Apoptosis and expression of Bcl-2 and Bax in eutopic endometrium from women with endometriosis

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 760-766

  Meresman, Gabriel F ^a   Vighi, Susana ^b   Buquet, Ricardo A ^b   Contreras Ortiz, Oscar ^b   Tesone, Marta ^a   Rumi, Lía S ^a  

^a INST DE BIOL Y MED EXPERIMENTAL   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS JOSÉ DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bax; Bcl 2; Endometriosis; Eutopic endometrium

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAPAROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

APOPTOSIS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0033799961     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(00)01522-3     Document Type: Article

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