New evidence of the presence of endometriosis in the human fetus

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 142-147

  Signorile, Pietro G ^a   Baldi, Feliciano ^b   Bussani, Rossana ^c   D'Armiento, Mariarosaria ^d   De Falco, Maria ^d   Boccellino, Mariarosaria ^b   Quagliuolo, Lucio ^b   Baldi, Alfonso ^a,b  

^a Fondazione Italiana Endometriosi   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

CA125; CD10; cytokeratin 7; endometriosis; fetus; oestrogen receptor

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ORGANOGENESIS; PLACENTA;

ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 78650176963     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2010.04.002     Document Type: Article

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