The expression of the hormone receptors in the endometrium and endometrial polyps in postmenopausal women and its relationship to body mass index

Maturitas

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 114-118

  Belisário, Miriam Siesler Nóbrega ^a   Vassallo, José ^a   Andrade, Liliana A L A ^a   Alvarenga, Marcelo ^a   Pinto, Glauce A ^a   Monteiro, Ilza Maria Urbano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Endometrial polyp; Hormone receptors; Immunohistochemistry; Postmenopausal endometrium

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; HORMONE RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTEROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STROMA CELL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYPS; POSTMENOPAUSE; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; STROMAL CELLS; UTERINE DISEASES;

EID: 28444469238     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2005.03.013     Document Type: Article

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