Localization of laminin, fibronectin, E-cadherin, and integrins in endometrium and endometriosis

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 266-272

  Béliard, Aude ^b   Donnez, Jacques ^b   Nisolle, Michelle ^b   Foidart, Jean Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Endometriosis; fibronectin; integrin; laminin

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN; INTEGRIN; LAMININ; UVOMORULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL ADHESION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION;

EID: 0343742635     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)81909-7     Document Type: Article

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