Wall discontinuities and increased expression of vascular endothelial growth factor-A and vascular endothelial growth factor receptors 1 and 2 in endometrial blood vessels of women with menorrhagia

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 691-697

  Mints, Miriam ^a   Hultenby, Kjell ^b   Zetterberg, Eva ^a   Blomgren, Bo ^c   Falconer, Christian ^a   Rogers, Rick ^d   Palmblad, Jan ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; endometrium; menorrhagia; receptors; VEGF

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; VASCULOTROPIN A; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEREOLOGY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTERINE BLOOD VESSEL;

BLOOD VESSELS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MENORRHAGIA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-1; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2;

EID: 34548513994     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.11.190     Document Type: Article

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