The Arias-Stella reaction: Facts and fancies four decades after

Advances in Anatomic Pathology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 12-23

  Arias Stella, Javier ^a  

^a Instituto Patología y Biología Molecular Arias Stella   (Peru)

Author keywords

Arias Stella reaction; Atypical endometrium; Endometrial change

Indexed keywords

CYCLINE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; CELL NUCLEUS; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MITOSIS; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REVIEW;

ADULT; CELL NUCLEUS; ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MITOSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE;

EID: 0036134638     PISSN: 10724109     EISSN: 15334031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00125480-200201000-00003     Document Type: Article

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