Ovarian stromal hyperplasia and ovarian vein steroid levels in relation to endometrioid endometrial cancer

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 110, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 690-695

  Jongen, V H W M ^a   Hollema, H ^a   Van Der Zee, A G J ^a   Santema, J G ^b   Heineman, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MEDICAL CENTER LEEUWARDEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ANDROSTENEDIONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOMETRIOID CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARIAN VEIN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANDROSTENEDIONE; CARCINOMA, ENDOMETRIOID; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEROIDS; TESTOSTERONE; VEINS;

EID: 0037493672     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-0328(03)02989-6     Document Type: Article

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