True osseous metaplasia of the endometrium: the bone is not from a fetus

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1293.e1-1293.e4

  Cayuela, Enrique ^a   Perez Medina, Tirso ^b   Vilanova, Joan ^c   Alejo, Maria ^d   Cañadas, Paz ^e  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

^c Facultad de Medicina de Barcelona   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL GENERAL DE VIC   (Spain)

^e General Lab   (Spain)

Author keywords

DNA analysis; endometrial ossification; genotypes; Osseous metaplasia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BONE METAPLASIA; BONE TISSUE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA DETERMINATION; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; FETUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERTILITY; METAPLASIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 62949206267     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.12.026     Document Type: Article

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