A putative role of versican in uterine leiomyomas

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 74-75

  Ohara, N ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Extracellular matrix; Leiomyoma; Versican

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; FIBRONECTIN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATE; VERSICAN;

APOPTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; UTERUS MYOMA;

EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMATOSIS; UP-REGULATION; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; VERSICANS;

EID: 67649763578     PISSN: 03906663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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