Calretinin: An immunohistochemical marker for the normal functional endometrial stroma and alterations of the immunoreactivity in dysfunctional uterine bleeding

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 79-83

  Al Moghrabi, Hatim ^a   Elkeilani, Akram ^a   Thomas, Jane M ^b   Mai, Kien T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calretinin; Endometrium; Functonalis layer; Stroma

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALRETININ;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; METRORRHAGIA; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STROMA CELL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE PREPARATION;

EID: 33846643623     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2006.10.005     Document Type: Article

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