Steroid receptors ERα, ERβ, PR-A and PR-B are differentially expressed in normal and atrophic human endometrium

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 22, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 169-176

  Mylonas, I ^a   Jeschke, Udo ^a   Shabani, N ^a   Kuhn, C ^a   Kunze, S ^a   Dian, D ^a   Friedl, C ^a   Kupka, M S ^a   Friese, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endometrium; Estrogen receptor alpha (ER ); Estrogen receptor beta (ER ) progesterone receptor A (PR A); Immunohistochemistry; Progesterone receptor B (PR B)

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR A; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR B; STEROID RECEPTOR; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM ATROPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; ATROPHY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ATROPHY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREMENOPAUSE; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE;

EID: 33846284881     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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