The localization of estrogen receptor α and its function in the ovaries of postmenopausal women

Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 325-330

  Brodowska, Agnieszka ^a   Laszczyńska, Maria ^a   Starczewski, Andrzej ^a   Karakiewicz, Beata ^a   Brodowski, Jacek ^a  

^a POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Estrogen receptor ; Menopause; Ovary; Women

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; EOSIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FOLLITROPIN; FORMALDEHYDE; HEMATOXYLIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PARAFFIN; PRASTERONE SULFATE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANDROSTENEDIONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; CYTOPLASM; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; LAPAROTOMY; LUTEAL CELL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUATION; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; OVARY BLOOD FLOW; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE FIXATION; UTERUS DISEASE;

EID: 38849102333     PISSN: 02398508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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