Expression of estrogen and progesterone receptors in endometrium and peritoneal endometriosis: An immunohistochemical and in situ hybridization study

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 856-864

  Fujishita, Akira ^a   Chavez, Raul Ortega ^a   Nakane, Paul K ^a   Yamabe, Tooru ^a   Koji, Takehiko ^a   Ishimaru, Tadayuki ^a   Masuzaki, Hideaki ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; ER mRNA; estrogen receptor; immunohistochemistry; in situ hybridization; progesterone receptor

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; STEROID;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PERITONEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE FIXATION; UTERUS MYOMA;

EID: 0342437556     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)81397-0     Document Type: Article

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