Endometrial vascularization in levonorgestrel intrauterine device users; computerized microvessel measurement study

Contraception

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 60-64

  Jondet, Michel ^a   Letellier, Bernard ^b   Verdys, Marie Thérèse ^c  

^a Cabinet d'Anatomie Et De Cytologie Pathologiques   (France)

^b CLINIQUE PASTEUR   (France)

^c Clinique Isis   (France)

Author keywords

Endometrium; Image analysis; Levonorgestrel intrauterine system; Vascularization

Indexed keywords

LEVONORGESTREL;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; MICROVASCULATURE; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 27744494440     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2004.07.002     Document Type: Article

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