The normal human myometrium has a vascular spatial gradient absent in small fibroids

Human Reproduction

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2669-2678

  Aitken, E ^a   Khaund, A ^a   Hamid, S A ^a,c   Millan, D ^b   Campbell, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fibroids; Morphometric analysis; Stereology; Uterine; Vasculature

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; MENORRHAGIA; MORPHOMETRICS; MYOMETRIUM; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STEREOLOGY; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERINE BLOOD VESSEL; UTERUS MYOMA; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 33749636178     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/del220     Document Type: Article

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