Erythropoietin and erythropoietin receptor system in a large uterine myoma of a patient with myomatous erythrocytosis syndrome: Possible relationship with the pathogenesis of unusual tumor size

Human Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 120-127

  Pollio, Fabrizio ^a   Staibano, Stefania ^a   Mansueto, Gelsomina ^a   De Rosa, Gaetano ^a   Persico, Francesco ^a   De Falco, Marianna ^a   Di Lieto, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Erythrocytosis; Erythropoietin; Erythropoietin receptor; Leiomyoma

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; ERYTHROPOIETIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ERYTHROCYTOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCLE CELL; MYOMATOUS ERYTHROCYTOSIS SYNDROME; MYOMETRIUM; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PATHOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERUS MYOMA;

EID: 13444293235     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2004.10.009     Document Type: Article

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