High CD44 content in ovarian endometriotic cysts [5]

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1065-1066

  Igarashi, Masao ^a,b   Ikuma, Kenichiro ^c   Yamada, Yukio ^c   Abe, Yumiko ^b   Igarashi, Shigeo ^b   Minegishi, Takashi ^b  

^a Gunma University School of Medicine ^*  (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TAKARAZUKA CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERMES ANTIGEN;

ADHESION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYSTADENOMA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROSCOPY; LETTER; OVARY CANCER; OVARY CYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOLUBILITY; TERATOMA;

EID: 0141992771     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(03)01117-8     Document Type: Article

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