Changes in the volume and histology of focus of endometriosis in rats treated with sinvastatin;Modificações do volume e da histologia de focos de endometriose em ratas tratadas com sinvastatina

Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetricia

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 408-414

  Neto, João Nogueira ^a,b   Torres, Orlando Jorge Martins ^a   Borges, Marilene Oliveira Da Rocha ^a   Coelho, Tarcísio Mota ^a   Nascimento, Ana Giselia Portela De Araújo Cortes ^a   Nunes Jr , Joel Nicolau Nogueira ^a   Esteves, Gabriel Lacerda ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endometriosis drug therapy; Rats Wistar; Simvastatin therapeutic use

Indexed keywords

EID: 37349078980     PISSN: 01007203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-72032007000800005     Document Type: Article

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