Effect of previous hormone replacement therapy on endometrial polyps during menopause

Gynecological Endocrinology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 299-304

  Maia Jr , H ^a,b   Maltez, A ^a   Studard, E ^a   Athayde, C ^a   Coutinho, E M ^a  

^a Centro De Pesquisa E Assistencia Em Reproducao Humana   (Brazil)

^b Ctr Pesq Assistencia em R   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Endometrial Polyps; Hormone Replacement Therapy; Menopause

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN PLUS MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL PLUS NORETHISTERONE ACETATE; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOMETRIAL DISEASE; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTEROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MENOPAUSE; ONCOGENE C ERB; POLYP; POLYPECTOMY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STAINING;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; ESTROGENS, CONJUGATED (USP); FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE 17-ACETATE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; NORETHINDRONE; POLYPS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RECEPTOR, ERBB-2; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 3142759527     PISSN: 09513590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09513590410001729897     Document Type: Article

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