The effect of long-term use of progesterone therapy on proliferation and apoptosis in simple endometrial hyperplasia without atypia

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 809-813

  Bese, T ^a,b   Vural, A ^a   Ozturk, M ^a   Dagistanli, F ^a   Demirkiran, F ^a   Tuncdemir, M ^a   Arvas, M ^a   Sanioglu, C ^a   Kosebay, D ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Endometrial hyperplasia; Progesterone; Proliferative index

Indexed keywords

CYCLINE; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; NORETHISTERONE; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, SYNTHETIC; ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NORETHINDRONE; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33646059527     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2006.00533.x     Document Type: Article

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