Stromal vascularization in the endometrium during adenomyosis

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 445-449

  Ota, Hirotaka ^a   Tanaka, Toshinobu ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adenomyosis; Endometrium; Uterus; Vascularization

Indexed keywords

ADENOMIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; HYSTEROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS; REGULATORY FACTORS; SURFACE AREA; TOTAL SURFACE AREA; UTERUS; VASCULARIZATION;

CAPILLARITY;

ESTROGEN; LEVONORGESTREL; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROSTAGLANDIN F2; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADENOMYOSIS; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CAPILLARY PROLIFERATION; DYSMENORRHEA; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERMENORRHEA; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0037363685     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.10282     Document Type: Article

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