Involvement of heparanase in the pathogenesis of localized vulvodynia

International Journal of Gynecological Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 136-141

  Bornstein, Jacob ^a   Cohen, Yitzhak ^b   Zarfati, Doron ^b   Sela, Shifra ^b   Ophir, Ella ^b  

^a WESTERN GALILEE HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Heparanase; Hyperinnervation; Immunohistochemistry; Localized vulvodynia; Vestibulitis

Indexed keywords

HEPARANASE; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; BETA GLUCURONIDASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRANULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERESTHESIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; MAST CELL; NERVE FIBER; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STROMA; VULVAR VESTIBULITIS; VULVODYNIA; ADOLESCENT; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; VULVA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GLUCURONIDASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAST CELLS; MIDDLE AGED; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; VULVA; VULVAR VESTIBULITIS;

EID: 39349101759     PISSN: 02771691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/pgp.0b013e318140021b     Document Type: Article

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