Expression of the epidermal growth factor system in eutopic endometrium from women with endometriosis differs from that in endometrium from healthy women

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 118-126

  Ejskjær, Kirsten ^a   Sorensen, Boe Sandahl ^a   Poulsen, Steen Seier ^b   Mogensen, Ole ^c   Forman, Axel ^a   Nexo, Ebba ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Epidermal growth factor system; Human endometrium

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 4; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAINING;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENDOMETRIOSIS; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; PREMENOPAUSE; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UTERINE DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55149123759     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000167798     Document Type: Article

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