Heterogeneous appearance of VEGF (vascular endothelial growth factor) immunopositivity in cyst capsules of endometrioma

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-67

  Tuncay, Gorkem ^a   Kilic, Sevtap ^a   Yuksel, Beril ^a   Elmas, Cigdem ^b   Lortlar, Nese ^b   Erdogan, Deniz ^b   Ozogul, Candan ^b  

^a ZEKAI TAHIR BURAK WOMEN S HEALTH EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Endometrioma; Endometriosis; Endometrium; VEGF; Women

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; PERITONEUM; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OVARIAN CYSTS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 57649183336     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: 16180372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2008.04.005     Document Type: Article

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