Microplicae-like structures of the fallopian tube in postmenopausal women as shown by electron microscopy

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 21, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 219-226

  Correr, S ^a   Makabe, S ^b   Heyn, R ^a   Relucenti, M ^a   Naguro, T ^c   Familiari, Giuseppe ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Endosalpinx; Fallopian tube; Menopause; Microplicae

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CILIATED EPITHELIUM; CLIMACTERIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MORPHOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UTERINE TUBE; UTERINE TUBE MUCOSA; UTERUS BIOPSY;

AGED; AGING; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURFACE EXTENSIONS; EPITHELIUM; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROVILLI; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; POSTMENOPAUSE;

EID: 29844433712     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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