Steroid receptor expression and morphology in provoked vestibulodynia

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 198, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 311.e1-311.e6

  Johannesson, Ulrika ^a   Sahlin, Lena ^b   Masironi, Britt ^b   Hilliges, Marita ^c   Blomgren, Bo ^d   Rylander, Eva ^a   Bohm Starke, Nina ^a  

^a Sweden Karolinska Institutet Department of Clinical Sciences Danderyd Hospital Stressrehab FoU Danderyd   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

estrogen receptor; morphology; provoked vestibulodynia; vulvar mucosa

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR A; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR B; STEROID RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROGENIC INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROVOKED VESTIBULODYNIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROMA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VESTIBULAR MUCOSA; VULVA; VULVAR VESTIBULITIS;

EID: 39649088672     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2007.09.041     Document Type: Article

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