Human leukocyte antigen-G is expressed by the eutopic and ectopic endometrium of adenomyosis

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1599-1604

  Wang, Fei ^a   Wen, Zeqing ^a   Li, Hui ^a   Yang, Zhongli ^a   Zhao, Xingbo ^a   Yao, Xiaoyi ^a  

^a SHANDONG PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

adenomyosis; endometrium; HLA G; immunotolerance

Indexed keywords

HLA G ANTIGEN;

ADENOMYOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPIC ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM; EUTOPIC ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANK SUM TEST; STROMA CELL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; STROMAL CELLS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 55149106158     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.06.073     Document Type: Article

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