Morphometric evaluation of endometrial blood vessels

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 346-350

  Makhija, Divya ^a   Mathai, Alka ^a   Naik, Ramadas ^a   Kumar, Suneet ^a   Rai, Sharada ^a   Pai, Muktha ^a   Baliga, Poornima ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Blood vessels; Dysfunctional uterine bleeding; Endometrium

Indexed keywords

ADENOMYOSIS; ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM ATROPHY; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; METRORRHAGIA; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; BIOMETRY; BLOOD VESSELS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; UTERINE DISEASES;

EID: 50149092024     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0377-4929.42508     Document Type: Article

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