Effect of dienogest administration on angiogenesis and hemodynamics in a rat endometrial autograft model

Human Reproduction

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2851-2858

  Katayama, Hiroko ^a   Katayama, Tomihiro ^a   Uematsu, Kazuhiko ^a   Hiratsuka, Mie ^b   Kiyomura, Masaki ^a   Shimizu, Yutaka ^c   Sugita, Atsuro ^d   Ito, Masaharu ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Fukui Women's Clinic   (Japan)

^c MOCHIDA PHARMACEUTICAL CO   (Japan)

^d EHIME UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

angiogenesis; dienogest; dorsal skinfold chamber; endometriosis; intravital fluorescence microscopy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; DIENOGEST;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPIC TISSUE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; MICROVASCULATURE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SKINFOLD;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 77958125656     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deq241     Document Type: Article

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