Diagnosis of chronic endometritis in biopsies with stromal breakdown

Human Pathology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 581-584

  Gilmore, Hannah ^a   Fleischhacker, Deborah ^a   Hecht, Jonathan L ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Disordered proliferative; Endometrial biopsy; Endometritis; Plasma cells; Stromal breakdown

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRITIS; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERTILITY; MENSTRUATION; PLASMA CELL; POLYP; PROTEIN SECRETION; SYMPTOM; UTERUS BLEEDING;

ADULT; COLORING AGENTS; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; METHYL GREEN; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA CELLS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROMAL CELLS;

EID: 33947171912     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2006.09.002     Document Type: Article

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