Histopathological changes of cervical tissue in women with systemic sclerosis

Pathology International

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 759-764

  Evruke, Cuneyt ^a   Ertunc, Devrim ^b,c   Doran, Figen ^a   Ozbek, Suleyman ^a   Kadayifci, Oktay ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c MERSIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Medial hypertrophy; Systemic sclerosis; Uterine cervix; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVENTITIA; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTROPHY; HYSTERECTOMY; INTIMA; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; TUNICA MEDIA; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS MYOMA; UTERUS PROLAPSE; VASCULITIS;

ADULT; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MIDDLE AGED; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; TUNICA MEDIA; UTERINE CERVICAL DISEASES; VASCULITIS;

EID: 7544229339     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2004.01749.x     Document Type: Article

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