Endometrium from women with endometriosis shows increased proliferation activity

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1246-1249

  Park, Jae Sun ^a   Lee, Jae Hoon ^a,b   Kim, Miran ^a   Chang, Hye Jin ^a   Hwang, Kyung Joo ^a   Chang, Ki Hong ^a  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Ajou University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 (4,5 DIMETHYL 2 THIAZOLYL) 2,5 DIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; KI-67 ANTIGEN; POLYPS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; UTERINE DISEASES;

EID: 70349445069     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.04.025     Document Type: Article

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