Detection of morphological changes of the ovine cervix in response to sex steroids using a fluorescence confocal endomicroscope

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 105-112

  Bott, Eleanor M ^a   Young, I Ross ^a   Jenkin, Graham ^a   McLaren, Wendy J ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Optiscan Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Estradiol; Fluorescence; Progesterone; Sheep cervix

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; LUTEAL PHASE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; REPRODUCTION; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX EPITHELIUM;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CERVIX UTERI; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; ORGAN SIZE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OVARIECTOMY; PHOTOMICROGRAPHY; PROGESTERONE; SHEEP;

EID: 29544444663     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2005.06.023     Document Type: Article

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