Endometrial arteriogenesis: Vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation and differentiation during the menstrual cycle and changes associated with endometrial bleeding disorders

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 412-419

  Rogers, Peter A W ^a   Abberton, Keren M ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breakthrough bleeding; Menorrhagia; Spiral arteriole

Indexed keywords

CELL PROLIFERATION; PROTEINS;

ARTERIOGENESIS; BLEEDING DISORDER; BLEEDINGS; BREAKTHROUGH BLEEDING; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL PROLIFERATION; SPIRAL ARTERIOLE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS;

MUSCLE;

ANGIOPOIETIN; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BREAKTHROUGH BLEEDING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0037363419     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.10279     Document Type: Article

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