Endometrial nerve fibers in women with endometriosis, adenomyosis, and uterine fibroids

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1799-1801

  Zhang, Xinmei ^a   Lu, Bangchun ^a   Huang, Xiufeng ^a   Xu, Hong ^a   Zhou, Caiyun ^a   Lin, Jun ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Adenomyosis; endometriosis; endometrium; nerve fibers; pain; uterine fibroids

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; MONOCLONAL MOUSE ANTINEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; POLYCLONAL RABBIT ANTIPROTEIN GENE PRODUCT 9.5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADENOMYOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSMENORRHEA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE FIBER; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS MYOMA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; PELVIC PAIN; PERITONEAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UBIQUITIN THIOLESTERASE; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 70350567795     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.05.016     Document Type: Article

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