Evaluation of estrogen treatment in an immunodeficient mouse endometriosis model

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 262-268

  Colette, Sébastien ^a   Defrère, Sylvie ^a   Lousse, Jean Christophe ^a   Van Langendonckt, Anne ^a   Loumaye, Ernest ^b   Donnez, Jacques ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b PregLem SA   (Switzerland)

^c CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Estrogen; Estrone; Heterologous transplantation; Nude mouse model

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTRONE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS; XENOGRAFT;

ADULT; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; FEMALE; FLUORESCEINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGIC DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES; MICE; MICE, NUDE; OVARIECTOMY; SUCCINIMIDES;

EID: 70349250534     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000240672     Document Type: Article

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