Antiproliferative and proapoptotic effects of raloxifene on uterine leiomyomas in postmenopausal women

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 154-161

  Palomba, Stefano ^a,c   Orio Jr , Francesco ^b   Russo, Tiziana ^a   Falbo, Angela ^a   Tolino, Achille ^b   Lombardi, Gaetano ^b   Cimini, Vincenzo ^b   Zullo, Fulvio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bax; Bcl 2; Leiomyoma; PCNA; Raloxifene; SERM

Indexed keywords

CYCLINE; PLACEBO; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; RALOXIFENE;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEG CRAMP; MYOMETRIUM; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERUS MYOMA;

APOPTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GROWTH INHIBITORS; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; RALOXIFENE; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 22244479042     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.12.058     Document Type: Article

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