Endometrial stem/progenitor cells and proliferative disorders of the endometrium

Minerva Ginecologica

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 511-526

  Gargett, C E ^a,b   Chan, R W S ^a,b  

^a HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adult stem cells; Endometrium; Gynaecological diseases; Human; Mouse; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA;

ADENOMYOSIS; APOPTOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL REGENERATION; CLONOGENESIS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; STEM CELL; STROMA CELL; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ADULT STEM CELLS; ANIMALS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICE; STEM CELLS; UTERINE DISEASES;

EID: 33846540906     PISSN: 00264784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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