Ex vivo measurement of cell apoptosis and proliferation in breast tissue of healthy women: Influence of age and steroid status. An exploratory study

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 96-98

  Franke, Henk R ^a   Jordaan, Anne Fleur ^a   Wolbers, Floor ^a   Oostrom, Karine A M ^a   van der Mooren, Marius J ^b   Vermes, Istvan ^a  

^a MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; APOPTOSIS; BREAST; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST REDUCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION;

EID: 33750354901     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2005.12.008     Document Type: Letter

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