Nerve fibres in ovarian endometriotic lesions in women with ovarian endometriosis

Human Reproduction

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 392-397

  Zhang, Xinmei ^a   Yao, Huijiao ^a   Huang, Xiufeng ^a   Lu, Bangchun ^a   Xu, Hong ^a   Zhou, Caiyun ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Immunohistochemistry; Nerve fibres; Ovarian endometriosis; Pain

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; POLYCLONAL RABBIT PROTEIN GENE PRODUCT 9.5 ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTECTOMY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERSTITIUM; LAPAROSCOPIC ENDOMETRIOMA CYSTECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE FIBER; NONMYELINATED NERVE; OVARIAN ENDOMETRIOTIC LESION; OVARY DISEASE; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIC DISEASE; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 74549176992     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dep427     Document Type: Article

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