Changes in endometrial blood vessels in the endometrium of women with hormone replacement therapy-related irregular bleeding

Human Reproduction

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1100-1106

  Hickey, M ^a   Pillai, G ^b   Higham, J M ^c   Sullivan, M ^d   Horncastle, D ^d   Doherty, D ^a   Stamp, G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bleeding; Endometrium; HRT; Smooth muscle actin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; CYPROTERONE ACETATE; DYDROGESTERONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL VALERATE; GESTAGEN; LAMININ; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE; NORETHISTERONE; NORGESTREL; PROTEOHEPARAN SULFATE; SEX HORMONE; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; AGED; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; BREAKTHROUGH BLEEDING; CELL DENSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG EXPOSURE; ENDOMETRIUM ATROPHY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IRREGULAR BLEEDING; LAMINA PROPRIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; POSTMENOPAUSE; STAINING; VAGINA BLEEDING; VASCULAR FRAGILITY; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 0037722679     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deg171     Document Type: Article

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