Expression of estrogen and progesterone receptors in smooth muscle metaplasia of rectovaginal endometriosis

International Journal of Gynecological Pathology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 124-129

  Kitano, Takamitsu ^a   Matsumoto, Toshiharu ^a   Takeuchi, Hiroyuki ^a   Kikuchi, Iwaho ^a   Itoga, Tomoko ^a   Sasahara, Noriko ^a   Kinoshita, Katsuyuki ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Estrogen receptors; Immunostaining; Progesterone receptors; Rectovaginal endometriosis; Smooth muscle metaplasia

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GONADORELIN AGONIST; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; METAPLASIA; MYOMETRIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR DENSITY; RECTOVAGINA ENDOMETRIOSIS; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; METAPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VAGINA;

EID: 34147158394     PISSN: 02771691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pgp.0000235067.16054.dd     Document Type: Article

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