Smooth muscle in the female pelvic peritoneum: A clinicopathological analysis of 31 women

Pathology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 14-21

  Fredericks, Susan ^a,b,c   Russell, Peter ^a,b,c   Cooper, Michael ^b   Varol, Nesrin ^b  

^a Mayne Health Laverty Pathology   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Female pelvis; Normal tissue; Pathology; Peritoneum; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEIOMYOMATOSIS; MESOTHELIUM; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PELVIS; PERITONEAL BIOPSY; PERITONEUM; RECTUM BIOPSY; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 14644423851     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313020400024105     Document Type: Article

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