Innervation of endometrium and myometrium in women with painful adenomyosis and uterine fibroids

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 730-737

  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; endometrium; myometrium; nerve fibers; pain; uterine fibroids

Indexed keywords

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

ADENOMYOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; MYOMETRIUM; NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOMA; MYOMETRIUM; NERVE FIBERS; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; PELVIC PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UBIQUITIN THIOLESTERASE;

EID: 77953689991     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.03.026     Document Type: Article

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