Fibrosis and smooth muscle metaplasia in rectovaginal endometriosis

Pathology International

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 371-375

  Itoga, Tomoko ^a   Matsumoto, Toshiharu ^a   Takeuchi, Hiroyuki ^a   Yamasaki, Shigetaka ^a   Sasahara, Noriko ^a   Hoshi, Tanji ^b   Kinoshita, Katsuyuki ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CD10; Endometriosis; Fibrosis; Rectovagina; Smooth muscle metaplasia

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COMMON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN; DESMIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; MEMBRANE METALLOENDOPEPTIDASE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; METAPLASIA; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOUTERINE POUCH; RECTOVAGINAL ENDOMETRIOSIS; RECTUM; SMOOTH MUSCLE; STAINING; VAGINA;

ACTINS; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DESMIN; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METAPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NEPRILYSIN; RECTUM; VAGINA;

EID: 0037810541     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.2003.01483.x     Document Type: Article

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