Vascular system of intramural leiomyomata revealed by corrosion casting and scanning electron microscopy

Human Reproduction

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1088-1093

  Walocha, Jerzy A ^a   Litwin, Jan A ^a   Miodoński, Adam J ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Blood vessels; Corrosion casting; Electron microscopy; Leiomyoma

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR; RESIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD VESSEL; CANCER INVASION; CAPILLARY; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MORPHOLOGY; MYOMETRIUM; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TISSUE PERFUSION; TISSUE PREPARATION; TUMOR BLOOD FLOW; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERUS MYOMA;

EID: 0038060271     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deg213     Document Type: Article

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